Seriously, Perks is so out of touch reality!
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/10/councillor-shoots-from-the-lip
Gord Perks fired off the F-bomb at a fellow councillor during a city council debate Wednesday night.
Perks discharged the fully loaded foul language during a heated debate on allowing the Toronto Sportsmen's Show to return to city-owned Exhibition Place. Council eventually approved the show's return in a 19 to 11 vote.
After 62 years on the CNE grounds, the show, which allows some vendors to display guns, had been forced to set up shop in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the last three years due to the anti-gun policies council approved at the time.
In the lead up to the vote, the council debate quickly became a debate about gun violence, with several councillors, including Perks, arguing the five-day show taking place on city property "reinforces and builds the culture of guns in the city."
"We're taking a principled stand," Perks said. "We are going to lead by example. We are going to have clean hands."
But Councillor Josh Colle said residents he spoke to in a neighbourhood in his ward plagued by seven shootings this year were baffled by council's stand on the sportsmen's show.
"They see this as a debate that makes downtown, I hate to say it, white people feel better that they've done something when they are suffering from this gun violence day after day," Colle said before stopping his speech.
"What did you just mouth?" Colle then asked Perks across the council floor.
"F---off," Perks said before indicating he was angered by Colle's "downtown white people" reference.
Perks quickly said he was sorry. "Sorry, I withdraw the remarks, it was unparliamentary, I apologize," he said.
Some councillors unsuccessfully suggested motions that would have banned the sportsmen's show from having any guns, even if it was allowed back in Exhibition Place.
Councillor Doug Ford blasted Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam for suggesting legal guns often play a violent role in domestic disputes.
"It is totally (irresponsible) for an elected official to imply that when they get in a fight the man is going to shoot the woman with a gun because he's a gun owner," Ford said.
Sportsmen's Show chairman Walter Oster welcomed the vote result which means around $750,000 in net revenue for the city. "Everything that is in our show is part of our heritage, Ontario's heritage," he said.
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/10/councillor-shoots-from-the-lip
Gord Perks fired off the F-bomb at a fellow councillor during a city council debate Wednesday night.
Perks discharged the fully loaded foul language during a heated debate on allowing the Toronto Sportsmen's Show to return to city-owned Exhibition Place. Council eventually approved the show's return in a 19 to 11 vote.
After 62 years on the CNE grounds, the show, which allows some vendors to display guns, had been forced to set up shop in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the last three years due to the anti-gun policies council approved at the time.
In the lead up to the vote, the council debate quickly became a debate about gun violence, with several councillors, including Perks, arguing the five-day show taking place on city property "reinforces and builds the culture of guns in the city."
"We're taking a principled stand," Perks said. "We are going to lead by example. We are going to have clean hands."
But Councillor Josh Colle said residents he spoke to in a neighbourhood in his ward plagued by seven shootings this year were baffled by council's stand on the sportsmen's show.
"They see this as a debate that makes downtown, I hate to say it, white people feel better that they've done something when they are suffering from this gun violence day after day," Colle said before stopping his speech.
"What did you just mouth?" Colle then asked Perks across the council floor.
"F---off," Perks said before indicating he was angered by Colle's "downtown white people" reference.
Perks quickly said he was sorry. "Sorry, I withdraw the remarks, it was unparliamentary, I apologize," he said.
Some councillors unsuccessfully suggested motions that would have banned the sportsmen's show from having any guns, even if it was allowed back in Exhibition Place.
Councillor Doug Ford blasted Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam for suggesting legal guns often play a violent role in domestic disputes.
"It is totally (irresponsible) for an elected official to imply that when they get in a fight the man is going to shoot the woman with a gun because he's a gun owner," Ford said.
Sportsmen's Show chairman Walter Oster welcomed the vote result which means around $750,000 in net revenue for the city. "Everything that is in our show is part of our heritage, Ontario's heritage," he said.
