Lisa Robinson - Durham Residents Express Concerns Surrounding Neutrality Within Our Government
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Summary
In this episode, I speak in support of Councillor Lisa Robinson and her efforts to speak up against the current policies and practices in the Durham District School Board and the mayor s office. Councillors and Mayors, it's time to wake up to the fact that we are living in a world of hate and discrimination.
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uh thank you for your time um on may 24 2023 i believe i wrote every counselor and mayor
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within the durham region to voice my concerns regarding the equity and diversity program
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being introduced into the durham district school board curriculum and the community as a whole
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i expressed my opinions regarding the pornographic nature of textbooks the danger of co-ed bathrooms
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the promotion of gay curriculum in class raising of special interest pride flags with the canadian
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flag drag queen and drag queens story time in our public libraries and restaurants i also stated
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that i agree with lisa robinson on all of her proposals i literally heard from one mayor sean
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collier from ajax he appeared to relinquish any responsibility for what goes on in the schools
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at the different district school board and trustees and made no mention of the drag queen story time
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in our libraries he did however mention the current diver diversity equity hate and discrimination
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propaganda ad nauseam this is a disgrace counselors and mayors completely ignoring responsibilities to
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their community i feel lisa robinson is a stellar example of a public official hearing her constituents
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concerns and voicing them there are many taxpayers who have had enough with this current narrative
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she is genuinely concerned about the safety of our young children not spreading division in the
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community i am relieved that she has some division decision making power i am encouraging all of her
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fellow counselors to hear concerns to sit down and discuss support her in this mothers fathers
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grandparents patients on these matters is wearing thin if you follow current events the rallies and
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protests are getting larger louder and more frequent everyone's rights need to be respected
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i am here today in support of counselor robinson what was her position on the safety and well-being
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committee as well as the important motions that she's brought forward in the short time she's been
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a member of council we need more counselors like her i believe council should be ashamed of themselves
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for trying to silence counselor robinson she is doing her job speaking up and representing her constituents
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in my opinion your behavior describes that of a bully and it's unprofessional to say the least
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counselor robinson is the only member on council who has earned this position on the safety and
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well-being committee as she has been the only one on council who has shown to put the safety and
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well-being of her community above all else which of you are capable of taking her place the amount of
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six to one votes would say you are not i wish to see the rest of you stand with councilor robinson and
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put people first it's unfortunate this council has the arrogance to pass reports and motions when your
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staff can't even answer miss robinson's questions or have the data to back up your reports
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counselor robinson based her many defeated six to one votes shows that she does not just go along with
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something because she's told to there goes your four votes comments like the one councillor brender made
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erode our trust in the democratic process and you as our elected officials in my opinion councillor
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robinson is thinking critically it's evident that she puts the safety of her community as top priority
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even today i would not be here as a delegation if it wasn't for her changing the policy so that i do not
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have to announce my address on an open forum that is recorded and view it viewed by the public online
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another safety issue only brought forward by councillor robinson i wonder how many people don't
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participate or speak up for fear of retribution how many years have most of you been sitting up there on
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council and it takes a newly elected official to bring forward these types of concerns
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Olá! Mayor Ayers, you speak of the need to help those with mental illness and how it is near and dear
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to your heart and yet you all went against councillor robinson and pass a report with at least 20 or
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more unanswered questions by staff surrounding the homeless and mentally ill don't you think with
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that amount of unanswered questions raised by councillor robinson that maybe the report should not have
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passed until those were answered. Instead, it passed with a 6 to 1 vote.
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Ms. Counselor has made a video showing many 6 to 1 votes. Not one of you up there has
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shown to possess the neutrality or critical thinking skills that Ms. Robinson possesses.
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She is not afraid to ask tough questions or go against the grain. She does what's right
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even though she knows that her haters are waiting for a reason to attack her. It takes
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a strong woman to stand alone, but I will tell you, she is not alone and she has a majority
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standing with her, supporting her and her efforts. Most councillors only care about where their
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next vote is coming from, caring more about themselves rather than who they represent.
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Councillor Robinson even brought forward a motion in support of our veterans. It was one of the
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the first thing she did as a new councillor, trying to think of the ways to give support
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to our veterans and thanks for those who died for our country. She brought a geoengineering
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motion forward so that the federal government would have to disclose a list of ingredients
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being sprayed into the air we breathe through Councillor Brenner. Even though Councillor Brenner
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read through the Harvard studies regarding geoengineering and knows that they're spraying our skies, he said
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it wasn't important because it's for climate change. So he was okay with it. I for one am
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not okay with it. I personally want to know what kinds of safety risks or side effects these
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aerosols are having on us and what it's doing to the water we drink or the crops that we eat.
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Being an elected official is not about what you want or your feelings. It's about representing
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your constituents and what they want. You could all learn a thing or two from Councillor Robinson.
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You all owe her a public apology for the way you've mistreated and dispatched her. Bullying
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tactics are not tolerated by this community. We have had enough. She seems to be the only
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councillor in Durham Region brave enough to stand up for the children, the safety of the
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children to have a choice to feel safe in vulnerable spaces, public private spaces. She is also the only
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one calling for a state of neutrality and challenging whether the city is following these policies
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surrounding red flag raising and government facilities.
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Neutrality is not favouring one side or another. That is inclusivity. It includes everyone without
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There are safety concerns surrounding drag events for children. I don't think it's unreasonable
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to ask for an 18-plus age restriction. Are you going to continue the very real safety concerns
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regarding this topic? I support Councillor Robinson's proposed motions, all of them. I would like
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to see some unity in this Council and real communication on topics that are important to Durham Region residents.
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Tolerance, accepting, honouring, and promoting are four very different things. We are promoting
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affirming care to children in schools. We have drag queens in our libraries. And a lot of parents
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are very upset about it. If you continue to ignore it, you're going to continue to see division
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in our communities. Lastly, I would like to ask
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Councillor Brunner mentioned that these organizations sent letters in unsolicited.
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I have information that states otherwise, that you spent an entire weekend soliciting signatures
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from every organization in Pickering. And I will be getting a Freedom of Information request
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to verify that. I'm not taking any questions. Thank you for your time.
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Thank you. Thank you for your presentation. I appreciate it. Order, please. Our next delegate is in