Pickering Councillor Lisa Robinson on Parliament Hill (Aug.19)
Controversial Pickering Councillor Lisa Robinson took her anti-corruption present to Ottawa Monday, telling reporters at a press convention on Parliament Hill she has been “silenced” for standing in opposition to Satisfaction occasions, gender-neutral bogs and different right-wing speaking factors.
Robinson mentioned it was time for residents to “stand up to corruption” after which opened the ground for questions.
There have been none.
Pickering Council has requested the Province to make adjustments to the Municipal Act to assist self-discipline and even take away from workplace rogue councillors like Robinson, who has been suspended twice for 30- and 60-day intervals for “hateful” feedback. She was additionally the topic of an enchantment to the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner, and most not too long ago, a request to the Province to usher in stricter sanctions for councillors after her look on a alt-right podcast the place the host printed the names, footage, and private telephone numbers of councillors and labelled them “pedophiles,” “nazis” and “fascists.”
A evaluate of the Municipal Act is underway. There are at present no provisions within the Act for the removing of a member for code of conduct violations.
Robinson additionally launched a collection of brief movies taken final week in entrance of Pickering Metropolis Corridor the place she spoke concerning the proposed adjustments to the Municipal Act.
“In Pickering, dissent is silenced, diligence dismissed and corruption concealed,” she mentioned. “A recipe for a mini-dictatorship.”
Her supporters additionally took to their social media channels, with Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe known as “woke” and Councillor Maurice Brenner labelled “tyrannical and deranged.” Each, the tweets recommend, ought to step down.
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