Controversies surrounding the planned 16th Avenue mosque continue to plague Markham town hall, with the latest uproar resulting in the mayor and some residents pointing fingers at each other and losing their cool Tuesday night.
The group that has been protesting against the mosque stormed council chambers again without having made it on to the agenda — group leaders said they tried to get on the agenda with no luck.
However, Markham council fired back this time with a nine-page PowerPoint counter presentation, which wasn’t on the agenda, either.
“You continue to put out misinformation (about the mosque) and we’ll continue to put out the correct information,” Mayor Frank Scarpitti told members of the Markham Residents for Responsible Community Planning (MRRCP). [YorkRegion.com] Read more
