For Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, the list of crises to manage seems to be ever expanding. On top of the recent byelection losses in Quebec and a poor showing in that province's opinion polls, there is also the little matter of prominent Liberals calling for the resignation of national party director Jamie Carroll, a Dion favourite.

Adding to the internal blood-letting, Carroll has decided to fire back.

In a confidential memo to the Liberal party's national management committee, Carroll says he has no desire for what he has to say to become public. But a scant 24 hours later, those words are now leaking out.

"A public attack has been launched against me based on assertions that are not true, without me being provided with an opportunity to address the allegations," he wrote in a memo obtained by CBC News.

The memo accuses other Liberals of unfairly besmirching his reputation — and demands some form of compensation.

The initial calls for Carroll's resignation by some Liberals were first made last week, after he allegedly made some controversial remarks during a supposedly confidential meeting of this same management committee. These remarks were subsequently published in the Journal de Montreal.

During a discussion about the need for more francophone staff at the party's headquarters in Ottawa, Carroll allegedly asked, " If I hire more Quebecers, will I also have to hire more Chinese?" — which some Quebec Liberals took as an insult to their respective clout within the party.

Carroll has maintained his comments were wrenched out of context and Dion backed him up.

But in this latest memo, Carroll goes further.

"I believe the events of the past week can only add up to a public and unjustified besmirching of my name and reputation and unless further steps are taken, the constructive dismissal of me," he writes.

He goes on to say that he's consulted a lawyer and lays out a series of demands. They include: unanimous motions by the committee to make the true facts known, and an endorsement of him in his current position.

Failing that, he says, he expects a package of between 12 and 18 months pay. And he adds that his lawyer has advised him he would likely be eligible for punitive damages as well.

Carroll signs off the letter indicating he looks forward to the committee's speedy reply. That he might just get. The committee is scheduled to meet tonight and on the agenda is Carroll's memo.