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{\an8}Wow, full house.
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{\an8}Well, good afternoon, everyone.
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I'd like to take this opportunity
to address a number of issues
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that have circulated
in the media over the last few days.
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I do not use crack cocaine,
nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.
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Holy shit.
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Holy shit.
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Holy crap.
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I cannot believe what the Mayor of Toronto
just said on live television.
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Enough is enough, and I want respect.
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From the moment Rob Ford was elected,
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we all recognized that this
was not gonna be a boring four years.
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The public loved him.
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He was like a rock star.
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His success made no sense
by any normal political standards.
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This is backdooring a quick motion.
Staff doesn't support it. You're upset.
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He turned City Hall into a circus.
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He does not have a shred of credibility.
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He was always delivering
this image of the everyman,
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but what he told everybody was a lie.
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{\an8}All of a sudden, we realized
control of Canada's biggest city
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{\an8}was in the hands of a man
who had no personal control over his life.
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Get off my property!
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If you are an alcoholic, which, you know…
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Mayor Ford, do you have a drug problem?
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I said, "Rob, they say they have
a video of you smoking crack cocaine."
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And he told me,
"Don't worry, buddy. There's no video."
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Trust me, I've seen it.
He is smoking drugs in this video.
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It's just lies after lies and lies.
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Whoa, I can't believe I'm here right now.
Like, this is nuts.
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There were just so many twists and turns
that you couldn't predict it.
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Oh, and the last thing was, um,
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Olivia Gondek says I wanted to eat her…
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Holy fuck!
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Buckle up. Like, this is gonna get wild.
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{\an8}The raccoons were in it,
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in the overflowing dumpsters
on Spadina overnight.
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Their paws sticky at the feast,
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courtesy of the garbage strike
now 16 days old.
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Back in 2009,
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I was an assignment editor
at a 24-hour news station in Toronto.
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Toronto is the fourth-largest city
in North America.
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And the garbage strike
was just gripping the city,
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and it was disgusting.
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The garbage is mounting up,
and people are throwing--
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They're just throwing it everywhere,
and that's not right.
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In order for me to go to work,
I'd have to grab some rocks on the road,
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and I would throw it
to scatter the raccoons.
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{\an8}There was garbage piling up
when it was hot, and stinky, and smelly.
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Now the trash is baking in temperatures
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that hit more than 30 degrees today.
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It was particularly damaging
for the mayor then,
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a man named David Miller.
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The mayor, quite frankly, isn't showing
very much leadership in this dispute.
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The garbage strike
kind of politically wounded him,
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and he decided to step back in 2010
and end his mayoralty.
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There was no favorite
waiting in the wings, ready to go.
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Meaning the race was wide open
for anyone to jump in
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and sort of steal the narrative
and steal those headlines.
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Can you tell them he's here?
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As a friend of Rob Ford,
I phoned him right away.
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{\an8}I said, "Rob, you gotta run."
He says, "You think so, buddy?"
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{\an8}And I said,
"Yes, this is the time for you."
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{\an8}I mean, right from the very beginning
of his political life,
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he considered himself a public servant.
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He worked for the people.
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{\an8}Word was they wanted to be represented,
and they weren't represented.
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{\an8}There's no secret to it. They said,
"Will you be a full-time councillor?"
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I said, "Absolutely."
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People were upset,
and people were tired of City Hall.
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And that's why I knew this area
was ripe for someone like Rob,
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and so much so that I actually quit
my direct-marketing job,
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and I went to work for him…
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…as a social media guide.
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{\an8}It's time to stop the gravy train
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{\an8}that provides luxuries
and perks to politicians
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{\an8}and rich contracts to their friends.
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{\an8}I remember the first time I saw Rob,
right after the 2003 election,
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{\an8}and I thought,
"Where did this guy come from?"
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He came on and he started smirking at me.
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I said, "You should do the same
as Councillor Cho." He said, "Shut up."
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He was so aggressive that a lot of people
didn't wanna sit near him.
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And he was always changing seats
until he ended up two seats away from me.
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- Quiet, no one's talking to you.
- Okay, Councillor.
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Rob Ford was a controversial councillor,
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known for saying things
that were not politically correct.
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If you're not doing needles
and you're not gay,
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you won't get AIDS, probably.
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One day, I started talking to him,
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and he said,
"I'm gonna run for mayor, buddy."
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And I was like, "Oh, Rob, don't do that.
You're gonna lose."
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"You have no chance of winning.
Why put your family through that?"
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And he'd say, "No, I'm gonna win, buddy.
Really, I'm gonna win."
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Bottom line, run against me
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if you think you can do a better job
for my constituents in Ward 2.
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A friend called me and said,
"What do you know about Rob Ford?"
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{\an8}And whether I thought he could be mayor.
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{\an8}And I said, "No."
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"I don't think he can be mayor."
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{\an8}I spent 14 years as an Army officer
in the Canadian Forces.
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I came back to Canada exhausted
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and completely disconnected
from my business network,
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and so I was looking for a job.
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My introduction to the Ford family
was Rob's older brother, Doug Ford.
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He said, "Will you come on
as the chief of staff?"
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And, uh, I said, "Yes…"
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…because I, honestly, thought
it was gonna be six weeks' work,
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because I didn't think
Rob Ford could go very far.
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Doug and Rob were very close.
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Doug, obviously, had an enormous influence
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because he was the older brother
and the campaign manager.
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There was always an understanding
that this was the Ford family enterprise.
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Rob Ford may be new to politics,
but his family isn't.
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My father represented south of the 401.
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Rob's late father came from the streets
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and, uh, made himself
into a multimillionaire.
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{\an8}I raised my family out here.
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{\an8}We started a business
on a ping-pong table in a basement.
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He ran a printing company.
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Um…
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Oh!
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Here's a-- Here's--
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Here's a Rob Ford sticker from Deco,
which was the company at the time.
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{\an8}That man, uh, was somebody
that was very tough on his kids.
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And so, uh, you know,
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Rob was always trying to, you know,
please his father in a lot of ways.
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Why don't you shut your mouth?
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His, uh, father had also been a politician
and played football.
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Rob loved football, but wasn't good at it.
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He had no aptitude for business.
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So the only thing left for him
to please his dad was to go into politics.
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Doug Ford had sketched out
his visual of how we were gonna launch.
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It'd be at the Toronto Congress Centre.
It'd have 5,000 people out.
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I laughed. I didn't laugh out loud,
I laughed quietly.
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'Cause I've never seen a political event
with more than a couple hundred people.
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5,000 seemed to be ridiculous.
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Ford for mayor!
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But through social media, we amassed
a bunch of our, uh-- our supporters,
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and what we were gonna do
is march to City Hall.
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We're gonna leave in about five minutes.
We're gonna walk up Yonge Street.
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At the very last minute,
if anybody knows Toronto,
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we walked up Victoria Street,
where there is a TV studio.
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So we walked by the TV studio.
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Here's Rob Ford trying for his cheap plug
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in the background right now
on breakfast television.
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They stopped the breakfast morning show,
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to mention, to talk about, "Look at this."
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They're just going round the block
and back and forth. There we go.
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It was brilliant,
free publicity on launch day,
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and I was embarrassed
that it wasn't my idea.
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It was like, "Brilliant, Tom.
Great idea. Lead us on."
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I'm from Etobicoke,
where Rob Ford is from.
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We're around the same age.
I'm a little older than him.
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But, you know, on one-on-one,
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I found him
quite personable and interesting.
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So I thought,
"Well, of course, I should cover this."
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And I'll admit, I drove out to Etobicoke
not knowing what to expect.
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And I got to this large hall,
and I thought,
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"Is he actually gonna be able
to fill this?"
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I was the only daily news reporter there.
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But I walked in,
and with so many people already packed in,
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they kept having to run
and get more chairs.
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The room was full.
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I told him
there was about 2,000 people there,
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would be my estimate.
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Um, he gets up onto the stage and says,
"Thank you. Thank you so much for coming."
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You know, "Wow, there's
5,000 people here tonight."
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Because if you say it, it's true.
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I looked around that room,
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and there were Bay Street bankers,
and there were bus drivers.
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I feel that Rob Ford
should be the next mayor for Toronto.
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He's gonna look after my money
and your money.
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The people that came out to support him
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was a cross-section
of the city of Toronto.
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I think he's a man of integrity.
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Rob is the guy
for the people, by the people.
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The way his campaign was put to me was,
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Rob Ford gives his business card out
to almost everybody he meets,
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and he says,
"If you have any problems, call me."
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My colleague tells me a story
about her dad had a tree in his backyard,
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and the tree was dying.
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My friend's father called Rob Ford.
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He came to the house,
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he looked at the tree,
and he mediated sort of a solution.
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So he got things done on the ground.
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You have any problems with your unit?
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Your shower, your stove, fridge?
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He helped everybody.
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It didn't matter if you were in his ward.
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It didn't matter anywhere in the city,
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and he was adored for that.
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Rob Ford is the best, he's honest.
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We need somebody
who can stand for what he believes in.
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Come on, Toronto. Rob Ford for mayor.
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The love, the power, and the support
in that room for him was mind-blowing.
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And for the first time, I thought,
"I think this guy could win."
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The media was quite surprised
at how popular Rob was becoming.
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I'm voting for the guy.
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- Ready?
- I'm ready.
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So they started to dig into his past.
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Ford faced scrutiny
over an impaired-driving conviction
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in Florida in 1999.
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Rob Ford revealed the charge
after a recent newspaper report
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accused him of lying
about a possession-of-marijuana charge.
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I made a mistake, I'm only human,
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and I don't know what more to say,
I apologize.
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That apology from 2006
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after he lied
about swearing and yelling at a couple
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during a hockey game, while drunk.
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But despite all of those stories,
his popularity did just keep growing.
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People are sick of wasteful spending,
that's for sure.
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So he's resonating
with people in that way,
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but he's a bit of a loose cannon.
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I'd be driving the campaign bus,
and I'd get two responses.
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People would be waving and cheering,
and others would be giving me the finger.
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There was no middle ground.
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A day of choice, a day of change.
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{\an8}The polls have just closed across the GTA,
where voters elect their new mayors…
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{\an8}On election day, the Ford family
gathers at the family house,
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{\an8}and some select media were invited.
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The least confident person
on our team was Rob Ford.
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He was having a lot of doubt.
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He was having a lot of trepidation
that this didn't work, he'd screwed it up.
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{\an8}Pretty clear from the results
we have so far that he has won this race.
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{\an8}Rob Ford is the mayor-elect in Toronto.
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- Elected!
- Elected!
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Oh my God!
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It was a big relief that he had won,
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and we all went to the Congress Centre,
which is where we started the whole thing,
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and thousands of people were there.
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We were having to push and shove.
You literally could almost not breathe.
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It was like riot training in the Army,
pushing through this mass of people.
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But it did feel good,
and it felt like a vindication,
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because a lot of people…
didn't think he could do it.
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I didn't think he could do it.
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{\an8}Toronto now is open for business,
ladies and gentlemen.
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One, two, three, smile.
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Second last shot.
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{\an8}The first day on the job
was quite incredible.
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{\an8}We were outsiders all that time.
And now, we're insiders.
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I came to Toronto City Council, uh,
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the same time
as Rob Ford was elected mayor.
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I had heard about him over the years
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for his very right-wing populist positions
on issues.
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The first year,
he was able to get his agenda passed.
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He just said, "If you agree with me,
I'll work with you,
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and if you don't, I will destroy you."
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He got City Council
to repeal a vehicle-registration tax.
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He got our local transit, uh, workers
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declared an essential service
so that they couldn't strike.
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He was ticking off,
you know, piece by piece,
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his plan to make the city work
and end the waste.
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And so it was a good first year.
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But there's little signs that Rob is…
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not performing at 100%.
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{\an8}He would disappear from city meetings
to go coach football.
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He coached
a high school football team in Etobicoke.
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Drive. Drive, drive.
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His passion
is coaching high school football,
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and it got him into trouble
when, as a councillor,
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he used office stationery
to ask Toronto lobbyists
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to give money to his football foundation.
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That's a conflict of interest,
and so a court case began.
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The unprecedented court case
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had the city's chief magistrate
running away from the media,
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as he tried to avoid questions.
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He can't talk. The trial's still on.
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The judge ruled
that it was a conflict of interest
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and that the only punishment
the law allowed
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was removal from office.
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And Rob is upset.
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This comes down to left-wing politics.
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They want me out of here
and will do anything in their power.
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I'm gonna fight tooth and nail, um,
to hold on to my job.
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And Rob Ford did appeal.
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The mayor was beaming
as he walked into his office
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minutes after a panel of three judges
unanimously ruled in favor of his appeal.
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In the end…
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…Rob won.
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But the stress of these court trials
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was clearly eating away at him.
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{\an8}It's the deepest part of winter 2013,
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and I am at the Garrison Ball in Toronto,
which is an annual military gala.
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These are some people that I know
from my service in the military.
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There's a fraternal bond there.
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So I'm hoping to have
an enjoyable evening.
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I don't think Rob is gonna be there,
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because Rob had spent a weekend in Chicago
with his brother and some friends
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to watch a hockey game.
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So it was kind of a boys' weekend away.
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I get a text from the body man
assigned for him that night
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saying, "He's coming,"
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and I think… like, just crushing.
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Very shortly thereafter,
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I get another message saying,
"They're here, I need you now."
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And so I go to the front door,
and Rob is there,
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and he is not in a good way.
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He's dressed in his suit,
but his collars are up.
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And his--
one of his shirt tails is untucked,
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and he looks drenched from sweat.
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And I try to stop him
from going in the room.
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And he basically tells me
to step out of the way
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or he'll take me down.
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Somebody called me and said,
"Tom, there's an issue with the mayor."
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So I pulled into the parking lot,
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and there's Rob
with Mark Towhey in a headlock.
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And I thought it was quite comical,
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until I realized, you know, well,
"I don't think Mark was really too happy
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about being in a headlock from Rob."
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He eventually leaves, and I think,
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"Wow, we'll read about this
in the morning."
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I was working at the Toronto Star,
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{\an8}and I got a tip
that Rob Ford was so drunk.
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And we had a city councillor on the record
saying he'd been asked to leave.
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He told his chief of staff,
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"I think it'd be better
for everybody involved, uh,
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if the mayor left."
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My experience covering Rob Ford
really changed me as a journalist.
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This is where it started to turn dark.
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A front-page story
in the Toronto Star alleges
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Rob Ford has a drinking problem.
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The Fords freaked out,
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and they went, you know, totally ballistic
on me and the Toronto Star.
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The Toronto Star
going after me again and again and again.
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The Toronto Star is generally considered
a progressive paper,
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and he was an arch-conservative
in a lot of ways.
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They're relentless, that's fine.
328
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I'll go head-to-head
with the Toronto Star anytime.
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He officially cut us off.
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It's just lies after lies and lies,
and I've called you pathological liars.
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Rob Ford demonizing the media,
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years before Donald Trump
did the same thing…
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…was extremely effective.
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He wanted to plant the seeds of mistrust
in the public's mind,
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so that when the media
did report something bad about him,
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he could say,
"See? They're out to get me."
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And he would ramp it up
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every time he knew
that there might be another scandal.
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One day, I was working on a story.
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I remember getting a call from this guy
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who said he had a video
of Ford smoking crack.
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It was April Fools' Day, which is never
the day you wanna get a call like that.
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Um, but yeah, I mean, I just--
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I handled it as professionally as I could
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and said, "Okay, well…"
You know. "Tell me more."
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"Can I see it?"
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"Can we meet?"
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So we met at a parking lot.
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This guy pulled up and said, you know,
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"Leave your bags and your phones,
etcetera, in your car, get in this car,"
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and then drove us to a different location.
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Another individual got in the car.
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They seemed, um, very nervous.
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I remember that
they wouldn't let us hold the phone.
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They were holding the phone,
kind of showing it to us.
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But when the screen turned on,
it was just so obvious it was Rob Ford…
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…smoking out of a-- a glass pipe.
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Holy shit.
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And then they wanted
to sell it to us for $100,000.
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But Canadian media does not pay for news.
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You know, something like
the National Enquirer might do or TMZ,
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but-- but that doesn't happen here.
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Now what?
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We all gathered
in the Toronto Star newsroom
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to figure out what we needed
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before we could publish the story
without having the tape ourselves.
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I just remember sitting at my desk
and putting my head down on my desk,
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because I was like, "Maybe this story
is never gonna come out."
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And then about two weeks
after we saw the video…
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…I was at a friend's book launch.
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And, uh, all of a sudden,
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someone came over to me, uh,
and said, "Robyn, did you see this?"
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And the screen was Gawker.
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{\an8}The US website called Gawker
published a story
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{\an8}where they said, uh, the editor,
John Cook, had seen the same video.
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Now, it was out there.
We could publish the story.
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It was on the front page the next day.
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It said, "Star reporters have seen a video
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in which Rob Ford
appears to be smoking crack cocaine."
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The paper acknowledges
it cannot verify the video
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and says it did not pay for it
and doesn't have a copy.
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Doolittle, a City Hall reporter,
believes it is the mayor.
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Looks like Mayor Rob Ford,
sounds like Mayor Rob Ford.
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Holy shit.
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00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:44,928
Our mayor just got caught
in a crack cocaine scandal on video.
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It was so shocking.
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{\an8}It was unprecedented for a mayor
to be involved in anything like that.
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00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:57,316
You know,
I knew things were kind of crazy,
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but I certainly didn't know
they were that crazy.
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00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:05,324
When I saw the story, I thought,
391
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"That's a problem."
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00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:10,287
And I called him and I said,
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"Rob, they say they have a video
of you smoking crack cocaine."
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And he told me,
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"Don't worry, buddy. There's no video."
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00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:24,926
And that was not
the answer I wanted to hear.
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Because, to me, that suggested
that there could've been a video.
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00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:36,396
I do not use crack cocaine,
nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.
399
00:22:37,272 --> 00:22:40,901
As for a video,
I cannot comment on a video
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that I have never seen or does not exist.
401
00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:48,742
It is most unfortunate
that I have been judged by the media
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without any evidence.
403
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,954
The mayor says it didn't happen,
it didn't.
404
00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:56,083
Our messaging
was always the same as Rob's.
405
00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:58,668
We all know pictures can be photoshopped.
406
00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:00,754
It could've been Ford, but I doubt it.
407
00:23:00,837 --> 00:23:02,756
I just don't think it's his style.
408
00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:04,966
There was a poll done in the city,
409
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:08,845
and something like 50%
of people in Toronto
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00:23:08,929 --> 00:23:11,973
thought that we had fabricated
the crack story.
411
00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,517
It's a very clear agenda,
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trying to, uh, make as much problem
for Rob Ford as possible.
413
00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:23,693
I just really did not understand
how much people mistrust media
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and how the Fords really successfully
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00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:28,990
had framed the media
as a political opponent.
416
00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:31,868
Let's be clear. I'm gonna answer.
You ask the questions.
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00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,538
If I get interrupted,
questions are over, simple.
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00:23:34,621 --> 00:23:37,624
I started getting death threats.
419
00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:41,294
Yeah, it was--
it was just extremely, uh, tense.
420
00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:43,547
The proof has yet to surface,
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clouding the world's view of Toronto,
according to some on city council.
422
00:23:47,717 --> 00:23:52,764
This is the, um, chief magistrate
of, uh, our great city,
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00:23:52,848 --> 00:23:54,808
and, uh, it's a problem.
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00:23:56,643 --> 00:24:00,105
I said that this was going to finish him,
425
00:24:00,188 --> 00:24:01,565
unless he went to rehab.
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00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:06,069
And so, at that point,
I started to change every conversation
427
00:24:06,153 --> 00:24:07,529
that I had with him.
428
00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:10,240
Every time he wanted to talk
about policy or an initiative
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00:24:10,323 --> 00:24:12,284
or something
that he wanted done in the city,
430
00:24:12,367 --> 00:24:14,870
all I'd say is, "You need to go to rehab."
431
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:17,164
And I knew then…
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00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:20,542
…that by giving him only that choice,
433
00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:23,670
he would either eventually give in and go,
434
00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:25,255
or he would fire me.
435
00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:28,675
And he chose option B, to fire me.
436
00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:33,763
Have you urged the mayor to seek help?
437
00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:36,057
My advice to the mayor is confidential.
438
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:41,062
And so I walked out the front door
with security, basically, marching me out.
439
00:24:43,356 --> 00:24:46,526
Mark Towhey being fired
was one of those pivotal moments.
440
00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:53,116
It was not a good time for me.
It was frustrating, and it was angering.
441
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,451
It just felt like betrayal.
442
00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,954
And then he just left,
443
00:24:58,038 --> 00:25:01,875
and it sort of left the reporters
in this moment of shock
444
00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:03,919
that something big was coming.
445
00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:06,254
I just didn't know what at that point.
446
00:25:11,384 --> 00:25:12,928
So it's Halloween,
447
00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:16,806
and I remember getting
a text from a police source
448
00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:19,559
who said, "Are-- Are you near a TV?"
449
00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:22,395
"You'll wanna watch
this press conference in half an hour."
450
00:25:22,979 --> 00:25:24,147
{\an8}I've been advised
451
00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:25,899
{\an8}that we are now in possession
452
00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:29,611
{\an8}of a recovered digital video file.
453
00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:31,696
I will not be releasing it today.
454
00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:37,410
Toronto Police Chief, Bill Blair, came out
and said, "We've got the crack video."
455
00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:41,581
He wouldn't share it, but Toronto Police
were in possession of that video.
456
00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:44,042
That file contains video images,
457
00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:48,964
which appear to be, uh, those images
458
00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:52,259
which were previously reported
in-- in the press.
459
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:56,555
The crack video was captured
in a massive gun smuggling raid
460
00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,933
after a horrible shooting in Toronto.
461
00:26:00,016 --> 00:26:04,729
{\an8}And, ultimately, it was the individuals
targeted in this investigation…
462
00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:07,607
{\an8}…that the mayor was seeming to be buying
463
00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:10,193
{\an8}and smoking serious drugs with.
464
00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:16,908
That's what started this second wave
of chaos at Toronto City Hall.
465
00:26:16,992 --> 00:26:18,577
Hey, get that flash down.
466
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,453
Lower that flash.
467
00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:25,667
Well, good afternoon. Um…
468
00:26:27,127 --> 00:26:31,339
I think everybody's seen
the… uh, the allegations.
469
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:35,093
So I… Well, I think it's quite…
470
00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:38,096
I… I think it's…
471
00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:40,515
No, I'm not. Uh, no. No.
You know what? No. No.
472
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:44,019
Uh… I have no reason to resign.
473
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:46,730
I'm gonna go back
and gonna return my phone calls.
474
00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:49,733
I'm gonna be out
doing what the people elected me to do.
475
00:26:50,483 --> 00:26:52,694
And that's save taxpayers' money
476
00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,571
and run a great government
477
00:26:54,654 --> 00:26:56,865
that we've been running
for the last three years.
478
00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:59,743
So that's all I can say.
479
00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:02,329
Again, that's all I can say.
480
00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:05,081
Is this acceptable behavior for a mayor?
481
00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:06,583
Again, I can't…
482
00:27:06,666 --> 00:27:08,001
I've said everything I said.
483
00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:10,337
Have you lied to the people of Toronto?
484
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:13,256
You're saying
the Chief of Police is lying, Mayor Ford?
485
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:15,550
- Why won't you resign?
- Mayor Ford!
486
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,720
I was working
in corporate security at City Hall.
487
00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:21,848
On the day
that the police chief, Bill Blair,
488
00:27:21,931 --> 00:27:26,561
came out and said that the police
were in the possession of the crack video,
489
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:29,314
I was escorting Mayor Ford
to his-- his car.
490
00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:34,861
And, uh, he said, "Listen, Jerry,
I need some type of close protection
491
00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:36,946
because the media, they are relentless."
492
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,783
"You're basically gonna be
my right-hand man." You know.
493
00:27:39,866 --> 00:27:42,661
I was just like, "Holy crap."
494
00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:46,289
It's not every day
the mayor of the biggest city in Canada
495
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:48,291
asks you to come work for him.
496
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:50,210
You know? And so I was like, "Okay."
497
00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:53,004
- Come on, let's go, then. Come on.
- Let's go.
498
00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:56,049
It was like I'd been dropped into a storm.
499
00:27:59,260 --> 00:28:01,429
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
500
00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:02,889
- You hit him.
- I didn't.
501
00:28:02,972 --> 00:28:04,140
You did. I just saw you.
502
00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:06,309
He didn't. He pushed him out of the way.
503
00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:10,313
It was relentless.
The media were hounding Rob.
504
00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:13,274
Guys, you're under the cameras.
Get off my driveway, please.
505
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:15,777
It was a feeding frenzy. It was sharks.
506
00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:20,198
Please, can you get off my driveway?
Can you get off my property, please?
507
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:22,367
- Go! Get off my property!
- Leaving!
508
00:28:22,450 --> 00:28:24,369
- Take it off my property!
- I'm leaving!
509
00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,329
Oh, here we go.
510
00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:38,007
It just became an absolute circus,
and it got even worse.
511
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:40,719
Then all of a sudden,
international media's there.
512
00:28:40,802 --> 00:28:42,595
I'm trying to do my work
at the front desk,
513
00:28:43,304 --> 00:28:46,766
and, uh, I had, uh, relatives
from Scotland texting me saying,
514
00:28:46,850 --> 00:28:51,104
"Tom, we see you in Scotland, in Glasgow,
and you're at the mayor's office."
515
00:28:51,187 --> 00:28:52,689
"What's going on over there?"
516
00:28:52,772 --> 00:28:55,066
Now, the rumors have been swirling
around him since May,
517
00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:57,861
but now Canadian police
say they've seen a video
518
00:28:57,944 --> 00:29:01,573
appearing to show the Mayor of Toronto
smoking a crack pipe.
519
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:06,077
He became the punchline
to jokes on late-night, uh, talk shows.
520
00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:09,038
Is this dude on crack?
521
00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:11,124
He needs professional help,
he needs amateur help.
522
00:29:11,207 --> 00:29:13,209
He can go see a witch doctor.
523
00:29:13,293 --> 00:29:17,464
But to be fair, there's not a lot
to do in Toronto. Come on, guys.
524
00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:19,799
Excuse me. Excuse me.
525
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,094
Meanwhile, Rob continued to deny it
526
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,181
and continued to just want…
527
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:28,141
…to do business as usual.
528
00:29:28,224 --> 00:29:30,185
Whatever this video shows, folks,
529
00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:34,272
Toronto residents deserve to see it,
530
00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:37,984
and, Chief, I'm asking you
to release this video now.
531
00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,653
Rob, you've gotta keep--
keep moving forward.
532
00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:44,032
As I say, keep your nose clean
and-- and, uh, move forward.
533
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:48,328
He, um, didn't believe
that there was any kind of footage.
534
00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:50,914
I didn't believe
there was any kind of footage.
535
00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:56,252
Mayor!
536
00:29:56,336 --> 00:29:59,672
Do you think Chief Blair
should step aside?
537
00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:02,717
You guys have asked me
a question back in May.
538
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:04,677
You can repeat that question.
539
00:30:06,012 --> 00:30:07,472
The one we asked in May?
540
00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:10,058
- Do you smoke crack cocaine?
- Exactly.
541
00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:12,519
Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine.
542
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,480
- When, sir?
- But no-- Do I?
543
00:30:15,563 --> 00:30:16,940
Am I an addict? No.
544
00:30:17,023 --> 00:30:18,358
Have I tried it?
545
00:30:18,441 --> 00:30:22,570
Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors
probably approximately about a year ago.
546
00:30:26,866 --> 00:30:32,080
Yes, I've made-- I've made mistakes.
All I can do now is apologize and move on.
547
00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:35,333
- I don't know what else- Can I just--
- Yeah, go ahead.
548
00:30:35,416 --> 00:30:38,211
There's been times
when I've been in a drunken stupor.
549
00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:40,421
That's why I wanna see the tape.
550
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,632
I want everyone in the city
to see this tape.
551
00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:44,634
I'd like to see this tape.
552
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:47,595
I don't even recall there being
a tape or a video, and I know that,
553
00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:51,516
so I wanna see
the state that I was in, but, um…
554
00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:54,978
That's exactly it. I wanna get--
555
00:30:55,061 --> 00:30:57,856
Are you on drugs right now?
556
00:30:57,939 --> 00:30:59,399
Okay…
557
00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:04,195
Nobody had seen the video.
558
00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:10,535
But when Rob confessed,
it was a huge blow to me and the team.
559
00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:18,126
For six months, I talked
to literally 100, 150 people a day.
560
00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,004
And a lot of them
were wondering about this crack thing.
561
00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:26,217
I always had swore
that that was false, it was not true.
562
00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:30,889
And, uh, when he finally admitted it, uh,
I was actually crushed.
563
00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:40,231
I was the longest-serving staffer, uh,
the entire time.
564
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:43,276
I was working 24 hours a day,
seven days a week…
565
00:31:44,444 --> 00:31:46,571
…uh, so much so that my wife left me.
566
00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:55,872
You know, I had misled Toronto residents
for all that time.
567
00:31:56,623 --> 00:32:01,044
And then proven wrong, uh,
by the man himself.
568
00:32:01,794 --> 00:32:04,213
So it took a real toll on me,
569
00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:07,216
and, um, I couldn't do it anymore.
570
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:17,769
With today's announcement…
571
00:32:19,979 --> 00:32:25,026
I know I embarrassed
everyone in this city,
572
00:32:27,528 --> 00:32:30,531
and I will be forever sorry.
573
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:37,872
Right after Rob admitted to smoking crack,
574
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:42,835
everything seemed to completely implode.
575
00:32:44,003 --> 00:32:47,882
And it was only a matter of time
until more videos came out.
576
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,135
I'll rip his fucking throat out.
577
00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:53,680
When he stands up,
I'll make sure that motherfucker's dead.
578
00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:57,308
There's one where he's in a house.
He seems to be pantomiming a fight.
579
00:32:57,392 --> 00:33:00,520
I'm a sick motherfucker, dude,
but no one's gonna fuck around me.
580
00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:05,191
It's extremely embarrassing,
and I-- I don't know what to say.
581
00:33:05,274 --> 00:33:08,319
Um, again and again and again,
I apologize.
582
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:11,990
At that time, the situation
was so unbelievable,
583
00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:14,075
day after day after day.
584
00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:16,911
{\an8}Have you purchased illegal drugs
in the last two years?
585
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:19,664
{\an8}Yes, I have.
586
00:33:19,747 --> 00:33:23,751
Scandal flew off Rob Ford
like-- like sweat off a runner.
587
00:33:24,877 --> 00:33:27,255
It was classic Mayor Ford.
588
00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,423
One moment, contrite.
589
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,758
I really, uh, effed up.
590
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,468
The next, defiant.
591
00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:35,304
I'm moving on.
You guys can do what you want.
592
00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:36,305
Oh man.
593
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,310
There were some days
where we're just-- I'm just like,
594
00:33:41,394 --> 00:33:44,772
"Whoa, I can't believe I'm here right now.
Like, this is nuts."
595
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:49,152
Mayor, any comments
on the latest allegations?
596
00:33:49,235 --> 00:33:54,240
As all of this was happening,
then he just makes this offhand comment
597
00:33:54,323 --> 00:33:58,161
after he was accused of demeaning
a staffer named Olivia Gondek.
598
00:33:58,244 --> 00:33:59,328
Um, he wanted--
599
00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:02,248
Oh, okay, so we're gonna use
some language, everybody.
600
00:34:02,331 --> 00:34:04,959
Just-- I can't believe I'm at the office,
and I'm gonna say this.
601
00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:07,170
Um, but, you know, he said…
602
00:34:07,253 --> 00:34:10,131
Oh, and the last thing
was, um, Olivia Gondek.
603
00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:12,925
It says that I wanted to eat her pussy.
Olivia Gondek.
604
00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:15,053
I've never said that. I'm happily married.
605
00:34:15,136 --> 00:34:17,722
I've got more than enough to eat at home.
Thank you very much.
606
00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:23,895
{\an8}Holy fuck!
607
00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:27,065
{\an8}I know we're up live right now,
but I don't know if we can…
608
00:34:27,690 --> 00:34:33,905
I… Mayor Ford, speaking,
as Mayor Ford does, very plainly,
609
00:34:33,988 --> 00:34:36,240
as he said in council yesterday,
he effed up,
610
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:41,120
and now using language
that I don't think we can broadcast on TV,
611
00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:43,039
but we just broadcast that on TV.
612
00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:45,208
Another unbelievable day…
613
00:34:45,291 --> 00:34:49,504
When things are constantly so shocking,
you know how you sort of get numb to it?
614
00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:52,340
This broke any spell of numbness.
615
00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:54,175
{\an8}No money, man.
616
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:56,677
{\an8}Ja! Bumbaclot, man!
617
00:34:56,761 --> 00:35:01,390
{\an8}And then, there was this video
of him speaking in a Jamaican patois,
618
00:35:01,474 --> 00:35:04,102
{\an8}talking about Bill Blair,
the police chief of Toronto,
619
00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:06,270
{\an8}who had started investigating.
620
00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:09,107
{\an8}Chief Blair. Ja, man.
621
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:11,234
{\an8}He chase me around for five months, man.
622
00:35:11,317 --> 00:35:13,277
I've almost forgotten that one.
623
00:35:13,903 --> 00:35:16,239
I mean, it-- it just-- Like, it all blurs.
624
00:35:16,823 --> 00:35:17,990
Bumbaclot, man!
625
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,495
Rassclart, Bumbaclot!
626
00:35:22,578 --> 00:35:23,871
Leave me alone, man.
627
00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:30,962
I got to take some ownership here.
Okay, so Rob really loves spicy food.
628
00:35:31,045 --> 00:35:33,464
We get talking about Jamaican food,
629
00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:36,801
and he'd short me, he'd be like,
"Aw, buddy, you don't know, man."
630
00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:40,263
And that's where we would banter
back and forth in patois.
631
00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:44,142
So he was just ranting and raving.
632
00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:46,894
Like, "You're wasting taxpayer dollars
633
00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,147
to-- to try to find something on me,
634
00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:50,731
and you're-- this is ridiculous."
635
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:54,193
It was a bona fide investigation
by the Toronto police.
636
00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:57,947
He got caught smoking
crack cocaine with gunrunners,
637
00:35:58,030 --> 00:36:01,868
opening himself up to extortion,
as the Mayor of Toronto
638
00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:04,078
who had an influence
over the police budget.
639
00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:07,957
So it was very clear to me and others
that he could not remain mayor.
640
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,001
I came up with the idea
641
00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:12,920
of removing his powers.
642
00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:18,384
We have to, um, try to disarm the mayor
as much as possible.
643
00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:21,554
I offered to not make the motion
644
00:36:21,637 --> 00:36:23,139
if he would just agree…
645
00:36:23,222 --> 00:36:26,767
…to voluntarily go into rehab,
646
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,769
and, uh, he said no.
647
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:34,734
I voted for Rob Ford back in 2010,
and, damn, was I ever wrong.
648
00:36:46,245 --> 00:36:47,788
{\an8}We walked into the council chamber.
649
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,791
Shame, shame, shame!
650
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:55,213
And, um, there's a bunch of people, um,
651
00:36:55,296 --> 00:36:57,673
giving the mayor the finger,
flipping him off.
652
00:36:57,757 --> 00:37:01,177
You know, people started yelling,
"Shame, shame, shame,"
653
00:37:01,260 --> 00:37:03,137
and all-- all hell broke loose.
654
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,222
You're the scumbag.
655
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:07,183
- How do you know--
- You're the scumbag, you little punk.
656
00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:11,187
This was a session
full of jaw-dropping moments.
657
00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:15,066
When it couldn't get worse, it did.
658
00:37:15,149 --> 00:37:17,401
The mayor ran
into Councillor Pam McConnell,
659
00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:19,362
almost knocking her to the ground.
660
00:37:19,445 --> 00:37:21,364
I'm still shaking, I'm sorry.
661
00:37:21,447 --> 00:37:25,493
After the debate, voting began.
It's still happening right now.
662
00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:30,289
We could not remove Rob Ford as mayor.
Only the electorate can do that.
663
00:37:30,998 --> 00:37:36,587
But what we were able to do
was remove the powers of mayor,
664
00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:39,090
provide them to the deputy mayor…
665
00:37:39,173 --> 00:37:41,300
…and then work as a council
666
00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:44,512
in a collaborative, collegial way
to run the city.
667
00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:50,893
This, folks, reminds me
of when Saddam attacked Kuwait.
668
00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:57,566
You guys have just attacked Kuwait.
669
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,819
Most people in Rob Ford's position,
670
00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:03,572
after going through the scandal
and the mess he put all of us through,
671
00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:06,033
would've stepped aside in shame.
672
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,953
What Rob Ford did
is he leaned in on the scandal.
673
00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:12,039
He tells Torontonians to re-elect him.
674
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,250
Rob Ford is holding his campaign launch
675
00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:16,335
here at the Congress Centre in Etobicoke.
676
00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:19,797
Volunteers are getting everything ready
for the fundraiser.
677
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,757
How many do you think you'll sell tonight?
678
00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:24,176
Oh, a lot.
I think it's gonna be phenomenal.
679
00:38:25,803 --> 00:38:27,179
Of course, he was gonna run.
680
00:38:27,263 --> 00:38:30,224
Why retreat when you can
just keep pushing ahead?
681
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,852
I've been the best mayor
that this city's ever had.
682
00:38:32,935 --> 00:38:34,228
My record speaks for itself.
683
00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:37,565
It was pretty incredible
to see Rob Ford get up, say,
684
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:39,942
"I've done a great job as mayor."
685
00:38:40,026 --> 00:38:41,902
Four more years!
686
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:45,156
What was equally amazing
is how many people cheered him on.
687
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,700
- You got my vote, Rob.
- I really appreciate the support, sir.
688
00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:48,909
It's very kind of you.
689
00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,996
People love a comeback story.
690
00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,790
This week he's gonna be resurrected.
Jesus and Rob Ford.
691
00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:59,253
There was a feeling
that if he can keep his demons at bay,
692
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:02,631
that, you know, he has at least
a very good shot of winning this thing.
693
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:15,728
In early 2014,
I'd just left the Toronto Star
694
00:39:15,811 --> 00:39:17,605
and joined The Globe and Mail.
695
00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:20,983
And then something like
three days into the job,
696
00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:22,777
I get a call from someone who said
697
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:25,696
he had another video
of Rob Ford smoking crack.
698
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:31,243
I just remember kind of standing there
going, "Oh damn."
699
00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:36,374
Canadian media
will pay for freelance photos.
700
00:39:36,457 --> 00:39:38,334
So I remember just saying,
701
00:39:38,417 --> 00:39:44,215
"We should buy five screenshots
from this video for $2,000 a piece."
702
00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:48,928
And The Globe just got it done.
They were like, "Yes, let's do this."
703
00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,974
These are the damning
pictures that surfaced tonight.
704
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:57,728
Snapshots of a new video
allegedly showing Rob Ford
705
00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:00,439
with what could be
a crack pipe in his hand.
706
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:03,818
It just sort of added that layer
707
00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:07,738
of, you know, everything was
already so unbelievable.
708
00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:09,407
And then this.
709
00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:12,993
It really built
this, uh, frustration and anger
710
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,329
among voters outside of Ford Nation
711
00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,956
that enough is enough.
712
00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:21,043
And he's just like, "Yeah, I've gotta get
treatment and-- and-- and get help."
713
00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:24,880
And that's where he went away to rehab.
714
00:40:24,964 --> 00:40:26,882
Now, I think I speak
for everyone when I say
715
00:40:26,966 --> 00:40:32,888
I'm just happy Mayor Ford is finally
getting the help he so desperately needs.
716
00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:34,682
What? What's that? Really?
717
00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:37,560
{\an8}I'm told Rob Ford's escaped from rehab.
718
00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:40,104
{\an8}He's on the loose in the Los Angeles area.
719
00:40:40,187 --> 00:40:41,105
{\an8}Let's take a look.
720
00:40:41,897 --> 00:40:46,485
{\an8}People really didn't get it.
Like, it was hard for him. Um…
721
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,113
He'd call me up
in the middle of the night at rehab.
722
00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:52,032
He's like,
"Buddy, this place is like jail, bro."
723
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:55,703
I'm like, "Man, they got a gym up there?"
He's like, "Yeah." I'm like, "Work out."
724
00:40:56,370 --> 00:40:59,832
So when he came back, uh,
the guy was about 30 pounds lighter.
725
00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:03,919
There was one guy I couldn't beat.
It was that guy in the mirror.
726
00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:07,715
One morning I got up. I said, "That's it."
They said, "You can't. There's a mayor."
727
00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:10,384
I said, "I'm going.
I have to take care of myself."
728
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,386
He was, you know, firing on all cylinders.
729
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:17,933
He's training, working out.
I'm like, "Yeah, we're back."
730
00:41:19,518 --> 00:41:24,356
He also invited wrestlers,
celebrities, to show up at his office.
731
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,443
And he created a carnival atmosphere.
732
00:41:27,526 --> 00:41:29,528
Do you remember one of those…
733
00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:31,197
…accidental tirades of his?
734
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,282
He did say he would kick my butt.
735
00:41:33,365 --> 00:41:35,409
{\an8}- You're kidding.
- Oh, okay.
736
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,122
It was the day
after Mike Tyson had come to City Hall.
737
00:41:41,373 --> 00:41:45,169
And we go for breakfast in the morning,
and Rob had just, like, no appetite.
738
00:41:45,252 --> 00:41:48,047
And he's just like, "I don't know,
I'm just not feeling well."
739
00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:50,549
"There's this pain in my side.
It's, like, burning."
740
00:41:51,133 --> 00:41:54,011
And Doug was like,
"Jerry, just take him to the hospital."
741
00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:55,346
Uh, so I drop him off.
742
00:41:55,429 --> 00:41:58,974
He goes to see the-- a doctor,
and I-- I just wait in the parking lot.
743
00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:03,020
A few hours pass,
and, uh, Rob calls me up.
744
00:42:03,103 --> 00:42:06,148
He's like, "Buddy, I don't know,
it's not looking good."
745
00:42:06,232 --> 00:42:10,236
"Um, you got to call Doug
and tell him to get here ASAP."
746
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:16,951
Doug shows up,
and Doug and I go into the hospital.
747
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:18,536
And we see Rob laying there.
748
00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:21,372
And he tells us
that, uh, they had to do a scan,
749
00:42:21,455 --> 00:42:23,040
and they found a tumor.
750
00:42:23,123 --> 00:42:25,167
And I just broke down crying.
751
00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:28,587
Sorry.
752
00:42:30,756 --> 00:42:36,053
The diagnosis is a malignant liposarcoma.
753
00:42:36,136 --> 00:42:38,055
We think it's a fairly aggressive tumor,
754
00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:41,141
a very rare tumor
and a very difficult tumor.
755
00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:47,398
I feel so sad for Rob, for his illness.
And I-- I just pray he's gonna be okay.
756
00:42:47,481 --> 00:42:49,233
In spite of his illness,
757
00:42:49,316 --> 00:42:53,946
Rob Ford has decided to remain
in the race for a seat on city council
758
00:42:54,029 --> 00:42:58,284
while his brother, Doug Ford,
runs for the top job in his place.
759
00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:03,247
My brother Rob told me
that he needed me to take the torch
760
00:43:03,914 --> 00:43:06,208
while he focuses on getting better.
761
00:43:06,709 --> 00:43:09,336
Rob dropped out of the mayor's race,
762
00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:11,839
and his brother jumped
into the mayor's race.
763
00:43:12,881 --> 00:43:14,758
Doug Ford came close to winning,
764
00:43:14,842 --> 00:43:17,803
having only jumped into the race
with 30 days left to go,
765
00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:18,929
so kudos to him.
766
00:43:19,638 --> 00:43:23,851
Rob was re-elected
as the councillor once again for Ward 2.
767
00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:28,731
- Rob! Rob!
- We love you, Rob! Thank you, Jesus!
768
00:43:28,814 --> 00:43:32,151
Rob would never, ever admit defeat,
769
00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:34,445
even with cancer.
770
00:43:35,696 --> 00:43:39,408
He thought he was going to beat it,
like he'd-- he'd beaten everything.
771
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:43,412
Um, he was always, you know,
the comeback kid.
772
00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,831
It's World Cancer Day.
773
00:43:45,914 --> 00:43:48,792
It seems very relevant to talk to you
774
00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:53,672
and find out how you're doing right now
in this whole process.
775
00:43:55,549 --> 00:43:57,176
Well, thanks for asking, Cynthia.
776
00:43:57,259 --> 00:44:00,012
It's very kind when people come up
and ask, uh, how I'm doing.
777
00:44:00,554 --> 00:44:01,472
Um…
778
00:44:02,097 --> 00:44:05,184
I'm doing the best I can
in this situation. Um…
779
00:44:06,185 --> 00:44:09,897
I got, uh, in about six months ago.
780
00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:14,693
I can just keep my head up high every day,
781
00:44:14,777 --> 00:44:15,944
take one day at a time,
782
00:44:16,695 --> 00:44:20,574
and just keep fighting
and, um, keep praying.
783
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,409
Um…
784
00:44:23,285 --> 00:44:24,453
It's a struggle.
785
00:44:27,373 --> 00:44:29,375
I'm outside Mount Sinai Hospital.
786
00:44:29,458 --> 00:44:32,961
{\an8}This is where Rob Ford
spent his last few days,
787
00:44:33,045 --> 00:44:34,588
{\an8}with his family by his side,
788
00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:38,676
{\an8}as he battled
a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
789
00:44:39,593 --> 00:44:42,513
It was like a-- you know,
a Shakespearean tragedy
790
00:44:42,596 --> 00:44:44,890
where he didn't get that final act
791
00:44:44,973 --> 00:44:47,935
where he was able
to, you know, overcome all those demons
792
00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:51,647
and come back, you know,
in a positive light.
793
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:56,694
His ending was cut short,
and that, in itself, was a tragedy.
794
00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:59,780
And I really miss him.
He was a really good friend.
795
00:45:01,782 --> 00:45:05,411
Ford Nation!
796
00:45:05,494 --> 00:45:07,579
There's not a day that goes by
797
00:45:07,663 --> 00:45:10,916
that I don't think
about some conversation I had with him
798
00:45:10,999 --> 00:45:12,626
that-- it taught me something.
799
00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:16,630
Oh man, these emotions.
800
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:18,090
Ooh!
801
00:45:18,173 --> 00:45:19,675
I'm proud and I'm honored
802
00:45:19,758 --> 00:45:24,096
that I'm able
to share this side of the story
803
00:45:24,179 --> 00:45:28,183
and be able to give people an inside look
804
00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:32,521
as to why I stood by him
through thick and thin.
805
00:45:32,604 --> 00:45:34,481
And I don't care what anybody says.
806
00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:36,608
They can go fly a kite.
807
00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:47,494
{\an8}At his funeral, you know,
Doug told this story how…
808
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,455
Rob loved his, uh, sandwiches.
809
00:45:49,538 --> 00:45:54,293
I was working late one night,
and Rob came in with, uh, a sub.
810
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:59,173
And he said, "I went in to MR. SUB,
and Gus was there."
811
00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:02,259
"And Gus worked 16 hours a day
trying to make a living."
812
00:46:03,427 --> 00:46:08,766
"And an order came in
on the phone… for MR. SUB,
813
00:46:08,849 --> 00:46:11,894
and the total order was about $32."
814
00:46:12,644 --> 00:46:14,605
"And Gus didn't have
anyone to deliver it."
815
00:46:14,688 --> 00:46:16,607
I think you know
where this story is going here.
816
00:46:16,690 --> 00:46:18,066
Well, Rob's like,
817
00:46:18,650 --> 00:46:21,236
"Well, just give it to me.
I'll go deliver it for you."
818
00:46:21,737 --> 00:46:23,989
See, imagine you ordered some subs,
819
00:46:24,072 --> 00:46:26,533
and then… a knock,
820
00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:29,161
there's the Mayor of Toronto
delivering your subs.
821
00:46:30,412 --> 00:46:32,372
He said, "You wouldn't believe it."
822
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:34,875
"I met, you know, four new voters."
823
00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:37,503
"So I have them as supporters now."
824
00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:41,048
And he said, "The best thing of it all,
825
00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:43,842
they gave me $35, and I got a $3 tip."
826
00:46:43,926 --> 00:46:46,053
You know…
827
00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:49,139
But, again, you know,
that-- that's classic Rob.
828
00:46:51,433 --> 00:46:54,269
What do you think Rob Ford's legacy is?
829
00:46:54,353 --> 00:46:55,187
Hmm.
830
00:46:55,854 --> 00:46:57,606
What is Rob Ford's legacy?
831
00:46:58,106 --> 00:46:59,942
I've been thinking about that.
832
00:47:00,025 --> 00:47:02,236
'Cause I knew
you were gonna ask me that question.
833
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:07,574
And I think Rob Ford's legacy,
it all comes down to who you ask.
834
00:47:08,242 --> 00:47:11,578
So, Mark, who was Rob Ford?
835
00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:14,456
He was dishonest.
836
00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:15,958
- Selfless.
- Smart.
837
00:47:16,041 --> 00:47:16,917
Outspoken.
838
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,085
Unpredictable.
839
00:47:18,168 --> 00:47:19,044
Exploitative.
840
00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:23,048
You know, all of us have a Rob,
you know, somewhere in our life.
841
00:47:23,131 --> 00:47:25,008
And I think in the long run,
842
00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:29,555
history will think of him
as a man who had an illness…
843
00:47:29,638 --> 00:47:30,848
One more year!
844
00:47:30,931 --> 00:47:32,266
…who, despite that,
845
00:47:32,349 --> 00:47:36,103
accomplished some things
that had never been accomplished before.
846
00:47:37,145 --> 00:47:41,191
And… the bad stuff,
yep, it speaks for itself.