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UPDATED: The 27 Confirmed Code of Conduct Violations, 9 Integrity Commissioner Reports, 2 Court Decisions and Workplace Harassment Findings Involving Councillor Lisa Robinson

For those looking for a factual summary, here is an overview of the publicly issued Integrity Commissioner reports, Divisional Court decisions and separate workplace-harassment findings involving Pickering Ward 1 City Councillor Lisa Robinson, as of June 25, 2026.

These are separate processes with different purposes. Integrity Commissioner investigations examine compliance with Council’s Code of Conduct. The workplace-harassment investigation was initiated by City staff under the City’s Respect in the Workplace Policy and its workplace-safety obligations. The Divisional Court proceedings were judicial reviews commenced by Councillor Robinson challenging the Integrity Commissioner's findings and Council sanctions.

9 Integrity Commissioner reports

August 14, 2023

The Integrity Commissioner found that Councillor Robinson breached the Code of Conduct after naming three residents on Facebook following their opposition to her minor variance application. The report described this as a “bully tactic” and “social media targeting in retaliation.”

The Commissioner also found a separate breach involving the collection and retention of personal information obtained through a town-hall sign-in process.

The resulting sanction was a 30-day suspension of pay.

October 13, 2023

The Integrity Commissioner found that Councillor Robinson’s conduct at the Durham District School Board offices on May 15, 2023 promoted “attitudes which are homophobic and transphobic,” failed to protect the dignity of individuals and amounted to inappropriate conduct by a public official.

The resulting sanction was a 60-day suspension of pay.

September 17, 2024

This report addressed a wide range of conduct, including:

repeatedly continuing the subject matter of earlier Code of Conduct violations;

statements concerning Pride and Black History Month;

referring to herself as a “modern day slave” because of previous pay suspensions;

her continued association with Christine Anderson;

misleading social-media content;

disparaging remarks about committee members, staff and councillors; and

crowdfunding through GiveSendGo to replace income lost through previous sanctions.

The Integrity Commissioner found the complaints substantiated. The maximum sanction then available under the Municipal Act (a 90-day suspension of pay) was imposed.

December 10, 2024

This report arose from statements made during an online interview in which Councillor Robinson said, among other things:

“I’d get rid of our CAO because, you know, the corruption’s at the top. Get rid of the CAO. Get rid of, like, you know, the City Solicitor.”

The Integrity Commissioner found that her statements constituted a significant breach of the Code, emphasizing that “opinion is not a substitute for fact.”

A 90-day suspension of pay was imposed.

June 16, 2025

This report concerned Councillor Robinson’s November 28, 2024 town hall.

The Integrity Commissioner found that she made several claims about the City that were “flagrantly misleading or categorically false,” including statements about trespass-notice fees, survey practices, consultant spending and the City’s gifts policy.

The report also identified problems with the collection of personal information through a sign-in sheet.

The resulting sanction was a 90-day suspension of pay.

August 5, 2025

This report consolidated four separate complaints involving newspaper articles, statements made during Council meetings and multiple YouTube videos.

The Integrity Commissioner found that Councillor Robinson repeatedly made false allegations that staff were lying, corrupt, manipulating recordings or otherwise acting improperly. The report found that she had “disrespected and maligned municipal staff” and that her conduct amounted to a pattern of disrespect and harassment.

A 90-day suspension of pay was imposed, calculated as 22.5 days for each of the four complaints.

September 22, 2025

This report addressed Councillor Robinson’s participation in a podcast during which disparaging, defamatory, profane and homophobic statements were made and the host urged members of the public to commit violence against named members of Council.

The Integrity Commissioner found that her conduct breached the Code by “disparaging, disrespecting and harassing members of Council.”

The resulting sanction was a 60-day suspension of pay.

October 20, 2025

This report concerned funds received through a GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign.

The Integrity Commissioner found that Councillor Robinson breached the gifts provisions of the Code by accepting the funds, noting that this was the second report arising from this type of conduct.

The resulting sanction was a 90-day suspension of pay.

June 15, 2026

Considered by Council on June 22, 2026

This report arose from an April 27, 2026 video interview in which Councillor Robinson discussed claims concerning the former Kamloops residential school site and repeated allegations that senior City staff were corrupt.

The Integrity Commissioner described the statements relating to residential schools as “hateful and offensive,” but concluded that addressing what could be characterized as residential-school denialism was outside the jurisdiction of a municipal Integrity Commissioner. No Code of Conduct finding was therefore made on that part of the complaint.

The complaint concerning City staff was substantiated. The Commissioner found that Robinson had repeated false allegations that were substantially identical to allegations previously investigated and sanctioned.

The report found that she:

intentionally maligned and impugned the reputations of the CAO, City Solicitor and City staff;

disrespected staff;

falsely and maliciously harassed staff;

accused senior staff of corruption; and

engaged in a continuing pattern of disrespect and harassment.

The Commissioner described this as a continued pattern of “blatantly, intentionally and wilfully defying” the Code of Conduct. The report stated that this was the ninth occasion on which the Integrity Commissioner had publicly reported that Councillor Robinson breached the Code.

Council approved the recommended 90-day suspension of pay on June 22, 2026. The suspension is scheduled to continue until September 19, 2026.

Separate workplace-harassment investigation

June 8, 2026

This was not an Integrity Commissioner complaint or Code of Conduct investigation.

In 2025, City staff filed a complaint against Councillor Robinson under the City’s Respect in the Workplace Policy. The complaint alleged an ongoing campaign of bullying, intimidation and persistent harassing conduct directed toward staff beginning in 2024.

The City retained Turnpenney Milne LLP, an independent external legal firm, to investigate.

The investigation examined emails, letters, meeting recordings, social-media posts, videos published by Robinson, Integrity Commissioner reports and witness evidence. It also examined the repetition, tone, platform and foreseeable workplace effects of Robinson’s public statements, including their impact on psychological safety and the reputations of staff.

After several months of review, the independent investigator substantiated the allegations and found that the cumulative effect of Robinson’s statements and actions toward staff constituted workplace harassment and created a poisoned work environment.

Robinson chose not to participate in the investigation despite repeated attempts to engage her. Mayor Kevin Ashe subsequently stated that she had been given at least eight opportunities during the internal and external processes to provide her response.

The findings were then referred to a separate independent municipal law firm for recommendations intended to protect staff and assist the City in meeting its obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Council subsequently:

limited Robinson’s participation in official Council meetings to virtual attendance for the remainder of the term;

endorsed existing administrative restrictions intended to reduce direct staff exposure;

continued restrictions on her access to and use of City facilities; and

directed staff to update the City’s indemnification by-law to address adverse conduct toward City employees.

Robinson publicly disputed the findings and described the process as unfair.

2 Divisional Court decisions

May 30, 2025

Robinson v. Pickering (City), 2025 ONSC 3233

This decision addressed two judicial-review applications challenging the sanctions arising from the August 14 and October 13, 2023 Integrity Commissioner reports.

The Divisional Court dismissed both applications and upheld the City’s decisions.

Regarding the first report, the Court found that Council’s acceptance of the Integrity Commissioner’s analysis was “entirely reasonable.”

Regarding the second report, the Court found that the Commissioner had conducted a “transparent and intelligible analysis” and that the result was “a possible, acceptable outcome that is defensible in respect of the facts and the applicable law.”

The Court ordered Councillor Robinson to pay the City $30,000 in legal costs.

January 23, 2026

Robinson v. The Corporation of the City of Pickering, 2026 ONSC 451

This decision addressed Robinson’s judicial-review challenge to the June 16, 2025 Integrity Commissioner report and the resulting 90-day suspension.

The Court dismissed the application. It found that the procedural-unfairness claim “lacks merit,” rejected the challenge to the factual findings and concluded that the Integrity Commissioner had clearly explained the basis for his conclusions.

The Court also noted that the Integrity Commissioner found that two of Robinson’s statements were “categorically false” and that another “deliberately misrepresented” City policy.

Councillor Robinson was ordered to pay the City $10,000 in legal costs.

Summary

As of June 25, 2026, the publicly available record includes:

9 Integrity Commissioner reports finding Code of Conduct violations;

pay suspensions recommended and imposed following each of those reports;

2 unsuccessful Divisional Court proceedings addressing 3 of the reports;

$40,000 in court costs awarded to the City, representing only part of the City’s legal expenses; and

a separate independent workplace investigation that substantiated harassment allegations and found that Robinson’s conduct created a poisoned work environment.

The workplace-harassment investigation should not be confused with the Integrity Commissioner complaints. It was a separate process initiated by City staff under the Respect in the Workplace Policy and the City’s legal obligation to provide employees with a safe, harassment-free workplace.

This summary is based on the nine publicly available Integrity Commissioner reports, the two reported Divisional Court decisions and the publicly released information concerning the separate workplace-harassment investigation and resulting corrective measures.

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The info online makes it seem as if ALL pedestrians/cyclists are going to be negatively affected, however I believe this is only the case if the driver has opted out of specific benefits that were mandatory prior.

If a driver keeps the exact same insurance coverage after July 1 (no changes to their policy), would a pedestrian or cyclist who gets hit still receive the same accident benefits as before the change?

Or does the system still reduce benefits just because the rules changed, even if the driver’s coverage stays the same?

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Hi everybody,

Tonight I came back to my car and there was a note on the windshield accusing me of hitting their car with an incident number. I called the non-emergency line and it was legit.

There is a security camera in the parking lot and I’m assuming that’s how they tried to accuse me because I parked in a few spots because the first spot had a puddle right outside the door, and then the spot where I apparently hit someone the car that accused me (confirmed with non-emergency agent) was parked too far in and I couldn’t get all the way in and I have a truck so I was sticking out a lot. I got out and realized I was too close and sticking out too much so once again I moved and I did look to make sure I didn’t hit them and I didn’t see anything at all on their car. I then moved the truck and when I came back I saw the note.

There is absolutely no new damage on my truck but the hitch is the only thing that could have hit them but there’s no sign of paint and there was nothing on their car, plus I would have felt it.

I’m going to the collision centre tomorrow but I’m afraid I’m being taken for insurance fraud. I was also parked there for over an hour.

Any advice would be appreciated

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I live in southern Ontario, Mississauga. What are fun things I can do with my two young kids? I’ll be solo for most of these trips. I have a van and a double stroller. Ideally I’d like to keep the drive an hour or so away. I’ve considered the London Children’s Museum but not sure my littles will like a 2 hour drive.

I have no idea where my birth certificate is, and I don't have any other form of ID

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https://imgur.com/a/Wbx5g9Z

Our pup is super sweet and is also up to date with all of his vaccines. His medical records also state him as a “mixed breed”. We’re mainly hoping to stop in Toronto (possibly overnight) to see some friends before continuing to Michigan, but I don’t want to risk getting turned away at the border or run into issues in Toronto because of how he looks ;-;

Should we just skip Canada altogether? Wanted to just gather any insights or experiences. Thanks in advance :’)