Thread by @ottawa_asd_mum

@MacLeodLisa is my MPP in #Nepean. How unbelievably sad that over the years we’ve become completely desensitized to her antics; this type of story is almost expected. I have autistic children. We have been deeply, deeply hurt by MacLeod’s policies. But we’ve also had enough face

time (or attempted face time) with the Minister to know that #Nepean deserves so much better. Our community has been publicly accused of trying to run her out of office. I think her record might do the job on its own.

We had been invited to an Autism Roundtable in January 2019.

@MacLeodLisa abruptly walked out of the meeting when the questions got tough.

I was invited into the Minister’s office during the first Ottawa protest after she made the Autism announcement that would send the program and families into a downward spiral for 3 years & counting.

@MacLeod cried for the cameras, but boasted to the 3 mothers inside that she had 5 portfolios and asked us if she should take money from women and children who were victims of domestic violence or sex trafficking.

To our knowledge, the 3 mothers who met with her that day, were

the last to secure a meeting.

@MacLeodLisa staff has given us the run around for weeks when as constituents we wanted to meet with our MPP. We were outright lied to, had a meeting cancelled the day of, were told she was in Toronto and then discovered she was posing for photos

in bunny ears in a giant Easter basket in the parking lot of our local grocery store.

Read more about that below.

@MacLeodLisa will say she supports peaceful protest. Yet she has called the police on autism families and their children multiple times.

Our community does not

condone the events of early 2019, but @MacLeodLisa has continued to paint an entire community of special needs parents as volatile & threatening because of the actions of one. She live streamed her thoughts just 2 weekends ago

fb.watch/cVsTOlGREc/

claiming that parents &

children on scooters outside her campaign launch were attempting to “silence her”, making jokes that she required the presence of the two largest men along her because of the “situation outside”. Please note the situation outside:

I acknowledge the trauma @MacLeodLisa experienced in 2019; and again, stress that our community does not condone the actions of this individual. But if constituents are unable to peacefully protest or are unable to secure a meeting because we have autistic children, perhaps

@MacLeodLisa is not best suited for work in public office.

As a resident of Nepean, I am ashamed of how she has behaved in public. I am disappointed by how she represents her community in legislature—turned sideways in her seat, leaned back, heckling, hurling profanity across

the aisle. And as we learned of her threats to @ONTABA1 of “4 long years” if they failed to support her plan for the autism file, or stories like this one that emerged today—I’m not surprised in the least. But, I continue to be baffled by how she has been given the privilege of

representing her community again and again. As someone who has been hurt by her policies, shut out by her office, painted as a bully for advocating for my child, had the police called multiple times to protests I’ve attended (only to have officers confirm we were breaking no

laws)—I am not represented by this person. And I’ll vote accordingly on June 2nd encouraging others to do the same. @MacLeodLisa’s record and actions speak for themselves. It’s time for a change in #Nepean.

#50KIsNotOk #onpoli