Pickering, Ont., councillor running for mayor after multiple misconduct complaints - BERITAJA

A Pickering, Ont., metropolis councillor antecedently embroiled successful aggregate misconduct complaints and salary suspensions has announced she’s moving for politician successful this year’s municipal elections.

Coun. Lisa Robinson made the announcement successful a video Sunday and is group to tally against Kevin Ashe, incumbent politician for the metropolis eastbound of Toronto, successful the elections connected Oct. 26.

Robinson, who was elected successful 2022, was astatine the centre of aggregate misconduct complaints opening 2 years ago, including accusations of homophobia and racism and repeated appearances connected right-wing media platforms.

She has been sanctioned pinch respective salary suspensions ranging from 30 to 90 days aft aggregate integrity commissioner investigations into her conduct, which astatine 1 constituent prompted the assembly to move its meetings online.

Some sanctions came aft Robinson made comments criticizing Black History Month and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Her first salary suspension was handed down successful 2023 aft she made societal media posts identifying immoderate section residents, triggering an integrity commissioner investigation for cyberbullying and intimidation.

Robinson has antecedently denied each allegations against her. She besides applied for judicial reviews of her penalties, pinch an Ontario tribunal upholding the integrity commissioner’s findings and the city’s decisions to suspend her pay.

The remaining Pickering assembly members and different municipal officials successful Ontario began publically petitioning the provincial authorities successful 2024 for a measure that would let for the creation of a modular codification of behaviour for each municipalities, and penalties up to the removal and disqualification of a personnel of agency if they are successful superior usurpation of the code.

After the measure was passed past month, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack said he hopes to person the caller rules successful spot up of the October municipal elections.

Coun. Robinson and Mayor Ashe did not instantly respond to requests for remark Tuesday.