PICKERING, Ont.
— A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality's integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of"unacceptable behaviour" that risks hurting marginalized members of society.
“I hope that the distraction of Coun. Robinson’s behaviour will hopefully be put in the rearview mirror. I’m not confident that will happen,” Kevin Ashe said in a phone interview.
“If the constituents don’t like what I have to say or how I’m representing them, then the decision will be up to them during the next election,” she said in a phone interview. In November 2023, she suggested in a social media post that the inclusion of an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in the city's Santa Claus parade would be inappropriate for children. In February, she wrote an op-ed denouncing Black History Month.
The commissioner’s report found that Robinson refused to recognize the impact of her actions, and that they"demonstrate an arrogant self-righteousness" rarely seen in municipal leaders.
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