Players voiced concern that they had been issued unsafe equipment, and that the most senior members of the team's coaching staff lacked the experience to train them to compete safely.

On August 29, 2012, Haynes stirred controversy through a tweet she sent, an hour after Toronto Police had advised women of a recent outbreak of sexual assaults.

[14] Haynes' tweet said: "Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don't dress like a whore."

[15][16] Haynes' comment was compared to those of Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto area police officer whose widely criticized safety suggestion to college students that "women should avoid dressing like sluts not to be victimized" triggered the worldwide SlutWalk phenomenon.

"[7] She has also expressed the incorrect belief that vaccination causes viral shedding and encouraged her Instagram followers to "rise up" and continue "holding the line for medical freedom".

[7] Haynes believes the Canadian government is conspiring to remove freedoms from citizens while lying to the public about potential vaccine side effects.

[22][23] Robyn Urback, writing in The Globe and Mail, has criticized the mainstream media for under reporting her campaign, in the context of Haynes' father being the Premier of Ontario.

On February 15, 2022, Haynes' father Doug Ford acknowledged "family rifts" relating to COVID-19 during a public press conference.