Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod has apologized for a social media post that claimed one of the people vying for her seat supports Sharia law.
The outgoing Progressive Conservative MPP posted on the social media site X on Jan. 7, sharing a link to the website of Husein Abu-Rayash, along with the comment, “Hey Nepean? If you support Sharia Law … next PC Candidate for Nepean could be…” Sharia is a body of religious law that is part of the Islamic faith, based on the Qu’ran and other religious texts.
Abu-Rayash demanded an apology and for the post to be removed, saying MacLeod could face legal repercussions for defamation.
The owner of the Ottawa Senators says he was subject to a profane tirade from MPP Lisa MacLeod at last weekend’s Rolling Stones concert near Barrie.
The owner of the Ottawa Senators says he was subject to a profane tirade from MPP Lisa MacLeod at last weekend’s Rolling Stones concert near Barrie.
Eugene Melnyk was watching the Stones perform Saturday night, laughing and taking selfies with Senators fans as the band launched into its third song — Tumbling Dice — when he alleges the Conservative MPP for Nepean burst through the crowd and accosted him.
“So I’m just there, we’ve got families and friends in a small group and I’m surrounded by people from Ottawa — and I see from the corner of my eye somebody trying to bust through,” Melnyk said in a phone interview Thursday.
“I’m thinking, ‘OK, might be a crazed fan and that’s fine. I’ve gotten used to it. And all of a sudden it’s this woman and she yells at me, ‘Do you know who I am?’
“I can’t place her so I said, ‘I’m sorry. No.’ And she yells, ‘I am your minister and you’re a f—ing piece of s–t and you’re a f—ing loser’.”
Lisa MacLeod says she apologized to Melnyk “for being so blunt” but so far, she has not denied calling him a piece of shit and a fucking loser.
“So I said, ‘Are you Lisa MacLeod? I just met your … ‘ I didn’t even get to finish my sentence and she said ‘F— you!’ and turned around and walked away,” he said.
The owner of the Ottawa Senators says he was subject to a profane tirade from MPP Lisa MacLeod at last weekend’s Rolling Stones concert near Barrie.
Eugene Melnyk was watching the Stones perform Saturday night, laughing and taking selfies with Senators fans as the band launched into its third song — Tumbling Dice — when he alleges the Conservative MPP for Nepean burst through the crowd and accosted him.
“So I’m just there, we’ve got families and friends in a small group and I’m surrounded by people from Ottawa — and I see from the corner of my eye somebody trying to bust through,” Melnyk said in a phone interview Thursday.
“I’m thinking, ‘OK, might be a crazed fan and that’s fine. I’ve gotten used to it. And all of a sudden it’s this woman and she yells at me, ‘Do you know who I am?’
“I can’t place her so I said, ‘I’m sorry. No.’ And she yells, ‘I am your minister and you’re a f—ing piece of s–t and you’re a f—ing loser’.”
This newspaper spoke to a member of MacLeod’s staff on Thursday, but MacLeod did not provide an account of the exchange.
But early Friday, she apologized via Twitter for “being so blunt” in delivering her “concerns about the state of our beloved Ottawa Senators!”
Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod, staff, at meeting with behavioural therapists
Behaviour analysts say children’s minister Lisa MacLeod and her staff threatened to make their lives miserable for the next four years if they didn’t endorse the government’s changes to autism services.
In a memo to members Wednesday, the board of the Ontario Association for Behavioural Analysts said “the minister and her staff requested that ONTABA provide a quote of support, without providing full details on the program, and indicated that failure to do so would result in “four long years’ for the organization.”
It went on to say that “the minister also indicated that if a quote of support was not forthcoming, a communication that behaviour analysts are ‘self-interested’ would be released from her office ... In spite of the implied risk, the organization refused.”
One analyst who attended the meeting said it was more “akin to dealing with a mob boss than an elected official.”
Of all the unanswered questions that came up at Lisa MacLeod’s announcement about social assistance reform today, this is a major one to stay vigilant about, especially given that “there is no single, harmonized ‘operational’ definition of disability across federal programs.”
An association of behaviour analysts says Ontario's minister in charge of the autism program told them it would be a long four years for them if they did not publicly support recent changes.
An association of behaviour analysts says Ontario's minister in charge of the autism program told them it would be a long four years for them if they did not publicly support recent changes.
The Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis says in a note to members today that Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod and her staff requested a quote of support a few days before the new program was announced.
They say the request came without providing full details of the new program -- which they say will leave many children without the level of therapy they need.
The association says MacLeod and her staff indicated that failure to provide a supportive quote would result in "four long years" for the organization.
