![]() ![]() Mammoliti kept asking Perks to “get away from my space.” Perks eventually walked away.Īfter the showdown with Mammoliti, Perks said for the last 18 months, there has been a constant and unyielding attack on the professional public service in this city.” You said you were leaving the chamber, leave the chamber.” You’re a bully, you’re trying to destroy the public service in this city. “Shame on you, shame on you, get out of this chamber,” Perks told Mammoliti. When Mammoliti walked back into the chamber and started speaking to reporters, Perks confronted him, standing just inches from his face as they argued. He refused and ended up storming out of the council chamber. When Mammoliti called Crean's report "politically driven" on Wednesday councillors - and even Speaker Frances Nunziata - demanded he apologize. The kerfuffle centred around a controversial report by Ombudsman Fiona Crean which includes a scathing rebuke of the last round of the city’s appointment process and interference from Mayor Rob Ford’s office in that selection process.Ĭouncillors will debate the report at city council on Thursday. ![]() “He has a track record of anger management issues and I seriously would consider or have him consider going to anger management kind of counselling,” he said. He then asked Perks to say he was sorry for the run-in in front of the media - or face an integrity commissioner investigation.Īfter Perks apologized, Mammoliti urged his colleague to get professional help. However, the outspoken councillor insisted there were interviews in the report that were “politically driven”. It culminated in a face-off between the two councillors that included Perks calling Mammoliti a “bully” and accusing him of wanting to destroy the public service.Īfter the dust-up, Mammoliti apologized to council. The confrontation was sparked after Mammoliti accused the city’s ombudsman of creating a “politically driven” report. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĬouncillor Giorgio Mammoliti and Councillor Gord Perks went toe-to-toe at City Hall Wednesday and seemed seconds away from fisticuffs. ![]()
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