Anne-Marie Robinson

I want to be in the building. I want to walk through those hallways and not feel powerless.

I want to be in the building. I want to walk through those hallways and not feel powerless.

So the next week we both showed up at rehearsal and after we walked up the street to the coffee shop.

So the next week we both showed up at rehearsal and after we walked up the street to the coffee shop.

And so we sat down. I had this whole long list of things I wanted to say. But then he spoke first. He started in the place where he left off when I was 16. Like the first thing that came out of his mouth was, I'm sorry for what it was and for what it wasn't. You were the love of my life. And I remember thinking...

And so we sat down. I had this whole long list of things I wanted to say. But then he spoke first. He started in the place where he left off when I was 16. Like the first thing that came out of his mouth was, I'm sorry for what it was and for what it wasn't. You were the love of my life. And I remember thinking...

Like I was so, I can't tell you how shocked I was when he said that because it was just so immature. And then he started talking about how his wife was going out of town and did I want to have a drink sometime. So I realized very quickly in he was, I guess, hitting on me. I don't like that expression, but that's how it felt. And I was just like so shut down. I mean, I couldn't say a thing.

Like I was so, I can't tell you how shocked I was when he said that because it was just so immature. And then he started talking about how his wife was going out of town and did I want to have a drink sometime. So I realized very quickly in he was, I guess, hitting on me. I don't like that expression, but that's how it felt. And I was just like so shut down. I mean, I couldn't say a thing.

I couldn't get one single thing out. I was just like in shock and like, I think I was like a block of ice. And then he switched right away. It was like switching on a dime. He started talking about how poor he was. He couldn't afford to buy lunch. He'd lost all of his teacher's pension in the stock market. We were there for all of 15 minutes. We just walked out and I said goodbye and he left.

I couldn't get one single thing out. I was just like in shock and like, I think I was like a block of ice. And then he switched right away. It was like switching on a dime. He started talking about how poor he was. He couldn't afford to buy lunch. He'd lost all of his teacher's pension in the stock market. We were there for all of 15 minutes. We just walked out and I said goodbye and he left.

We went one way, I went the other way and I never saw him again.

We went one way, I went the other way and I never saw him again.

It was like having a box that you put in the basement and you don't look in that box for years and years and years and then suddenly you go down and you open the box and it explodes in your face.

It was like having a box that you put in the basement and you don't look in that box for years and years and years and then suddenly you go down and you open the box and it explodes in your face.

I had just done a parliamentary committee, which for many of us in the public service, those are tough, hard challenges. And it had gone well, and I thought, OK, I'm feeling good about myself. I'm going to sort of tackle this.

I had just done a parliamentary committee, which for many of us in the public service, those are tough, hard challenges. And it had gone well, and I thought, OK, I'm feeling good about myself. I'm going to sort of tackle this.

I wanted him to acknowledge that he caused me pain and that he hurt me as a child. Like I wanted him to And to say what he did was wrong, that it was unbalanced and, you know, that I quit high school, like I... It changed the trajectory of your life. It did. And there was no follow up from either the school board or him or anything. I just kind of floated away from school one day.

I wanted him to acknowledge that he caused me pain and that he hurt me as a child. Like I wanted him to And to say what he did was wrong, that it was unbalanced and, you know, that I quit high school, like I... It changed the trajectory of your life. It did. And there was no follow up from either the school board or him or anything. I just kind of floated away from school one day.

A few months later, I had a complete emotional collapse, and I walked out of my job at the Public Service Commission. That was the hardest thing in the world for me, honestly, because I loved my job.

A few months later, I had a complete emotional collapse, and I walked out of my job at the Public Service Commission. That was the hardest thing in the world for me, honestly, because I loved my job.