Welcome to MISSISSAUGAWATCH.
This video begins with Mega-Builder Harold Shipp's $$$warning$$$ to those Councillors who do not bend to his wishes.
The video then documents what Acting Mayor, Mississauga Councillor Nando Iannicca said to explain why he courageously voted FOR the judicial inquiry in the face of strong $$$opposition$$$.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
VIDEO INTRODUCTION speaking AGAINST a judicial inquiry. "Mega-builder" HAROLD SHIPP:
If I were sitting there among you, Ladies and Gentlemen, who serve on our Council today, I would be wondering what my position would be one year from now when an election is held and how many of you might have a chance for re-election —IF you proceed with the action you are contemplating now.
MISSISSAUGAWATCH whispers into camera:
Now that's a threat. Isn't that interesting..
DIP TO BLACK (to signify later in the meeting).
COUNCILLOR NANDO IANNICCA (Acting Mayor):
And if you don't mind, as Chair, I would like to speak if someone would so move.
[Someone does]
COUNCILLOR NANDO IANNICCA (Acting Mayor):
Thank you, I—
MISSISSAUGAWATCH into camera:
Here he goes.
COUNCILLOR NANDO IANNICCA (Acting Mayor):
—have an obligation to my consitituents and I'll be very very brief but I think Councillor Carmen (Corbasson) hit on the fundamental point that we're all grappling with. This is not a fun day for us. This is a heart-wrenching decision.
The reason that I was one of the proponents of the Inquiry —the reason I stand by it emphatically needs all of ten seconds to explain.
Number One, I don't have a crystal ball. I don't know where this is going.
I do know that minutes have been altered —there some other things have gone on that I cannot explain to my taxpayers and I owe them an explanation.
Point Number Two, the Lady of Justice is blind for a reason. It matters not who she judges over —whether that's your Mayor, whether that's my brother, whether that's the local parish priest. And I have to hold that close to my thoughts as well.
I also have a concern to be brutally candid with you of my understanding of some of the conduct that has been outlined —because, to be brutally candid with you, I would have grave concerns if I lived in a city where a Mayor and all members of Council conducted their affairs in a somewhat similar manner.
It is not a city that I would want to live in. I've never conducted my affairs in that manner.
I'm shocked that anyone in the audience or anyone in this city would put the cost of such an exercise ahead of having to ensure you have Integrity and Accountability in your political system.
[Jeers and protests from the audience]
COUNCILLOR NANDO IANNICCA (Acting Mayor):
I beg your pardon.
And so to conclude, at the end of the day, I was not elected for my love of the Mayor. I was elected to do the right thing.
This, as difficult as it is on an emotional level —I want you to hear from me directly, from many of you that I've known for a long time, on an ethical, moral, and the-right-thing level, this is one of the easiest decisions that I've ever had to make though I've never regretted a decision more.
With that I now turn to the motions before me, I need the assistance of the Clerk to make sure... [audio fades]
—VIDEO TRANSCRIPT ENDS—
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