Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has been suspended without pay for a third time now and is also facing the prospect of losing her council allowance because of her work on council and her comments. Before the end of the year, Pickering mayor Kevin Ashe put out a bizarre video in which he warns the city about the dangers posed by councillor Lisa Robinson after random social media users left mean social media comments on city council posts and for Robinson’s appearance on right wing podcasts. All of this is happening because of what Robinson has said but was any of it actually that bad?
This is one of the most bizarre stories happening right now in Ontario. Do city councillors have a right to speak to media and make their own social media posts? Are they responsible for social media comments left by other users? Can mayors subvert the democratic process and kick councillors out of a job?
Robinson joins Harrison Faulkner on the latest episode of The Faulkner Show to discuss.
