The video

the video By Joe Ingino B.A. Psychology Editor/Publisher Central Newspapers ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States By now you have read or seen it in the media. City of Pickering Mayor, released a video attempting to justify cutting access to the public by claiming that some un-recognized, alt-right group is creating an environment of danger to council members and staff. That this same group has cause havoc during public open meetings and brought about a sense of hostility to the municipal meetings protocols. This causing a sense of fear among council and staff. On the surface, you have to take it at face value that if this is true. It is awful. How can any group bring forth such chaos. By watching this video. It becomes obvious that the video is not about some alt-right movement. But instead it is frame after frame attempt to discredit a fellow council member. The barrage of clips denouncing the actions of one council member in my opinion are not grounds to make such claims as that the city is under siege and that there is any danger over the horizon. The video is nothing short of an attempt to mislead the public and create a sense of fear mongering. Just about every municipality across the Region get their share of upset callers, at times with a threatening over tone. Are we to shut down all access to government? The video also attempts to create a sense of fear mongering and false assumptions that Pickering has been selected by this un-disclosed or identified alt-right movement the Mayor so seems to fear. If such fear is real. Why have not one police report been filed? In reality after following City of Pickering council for the past two years. All, I noticed is that the people of Pickering demand answers and every time they are faced with hostility from the City. Including the mayor that now is crying wolf. This is wrong. The City prides itself on being inclusive, diverse and promote equality. When by their actions they are exclusive, selective and dispense their version of equality based on how the City will benefit politically. I have been a municipal critic for the past 30 years. This video is a real poor example of the Mayor attempting to create fear where there is none. He is the instigator. He is the one that shuts people down during public meeting and subsequently people react. So he has taken the practice... OF SHUT UP SIT DOWN OR ELSE to a new height. Ever since STRONG MAYOR POWERS has come to play. The ego has swollen and it is ‘do as we tell you or you will be removed and issued a NO TRESPASS notice.’ This is where the problem lies. Surely, this type of abusive attitude is being noticed across Canada. Surely, many people from many backgrounds have taken notice. The video released by the mayor in my opinion is contradiction to the City own City Code of Conduct policy. Where is the integrity commissioner? Oh wait, they are paid by the city. This video, I think was a huge mistake by the mayor as it shows his dislike for one particular member of council. The video clearly is an attempt to discredit her integrity in the community. To make a false association that this councillor has ties to a group that he has failed to prove. The video shows the level of abuse by the mayor as he clearly violates his own City Code of Conduct and openly displays his misogynistic attitude towards a fellow member of council. Peace does not come about by the escalation of hostility and this is what this video is.