Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 - March 22, 2016) is a Canadian politician and businessman who served as Toronto's 64th mayor from 2010 to 2014. Prior to and after his mayor's term, Ford was a member the city council representing Ward 2 of Etobicoke North. He was first elected to the Toronto City Council in Toronto's 2000 city election, and was re-elected to his council seat twice.
His political career, especially his authority, sees a number of personal and work-related controversies and legal processes. In 2013, he became involved in a substance abuse scandal, which is widely reported in national and international media. After his admission, Ford refused to resign, but the City Council handed over certain mayor and office staffs to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly for the remainder of Ford's term. Ford took a sabbatical and received treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction. Despite the scandal, Ford initially contested the next mayoral election, scheduled for October 2014, but after being hospitalized and diagnosed with a tumor tumor in September 2014, Ford withdrew from the mayor race and registered instead to run for his old city council seat. John Tory succeeded him as mayor on December 1, 2014, while Ford regained the previous seat. Ford received treatment for cancer, and was able to return briefly to City Hall, but died in March 2016 after ineffective chemotherapy.
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Ford was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, in 1969, the youngest of four children (Doug, Kathy, Randy and Rob) from Ruth Diane (nÃÆ' Â © e Campbell) and Douglas Bruce Ford Sr. The paternal paternal grandfather of his father was a British immigrant. Her father, along with Ted Herriott, is one of the founders of Deco Labels and Tags, which creates pressure-sensitive labels for plastic-wrapped grocery products with estimates of $ 100 million CA in annual sales, and was a Progressive Conservative Member of the Ontario Legislature from 1995 to 1999. Brother Ford Doug Ford Jr. is Toronto City Councilor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North in Toronto from 2010 to 2014, during his term as mayor.
Ford attended the Scarlett Heights Collegiate in Etobicoke. He dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and his father paid him to attend special camps at the Washington Redskins and the University of Notre Dame. After graduating from high school, Ford went to Carleton University in Ottawa to study political science. He made the football squad, but did not play in any game. He left Carleton after a year to return to Toronto and did not complete his degree. After Carleton, he started a sales job in Deco. After the death of Doug Ford Sr. in 2006, the Ford family retained ownership of Deco Label through the company of Doug Ford Holdings. Ford, along with his siblings and their mother, is the director of the company.
In August 2000, Ford married Renata Brejniak, whom he met in high school, at the Roman Catholic Church of All Saints at Etobicoke. They have been dating since Brejniak's divorce from her first husband in February 1996. Ford lives with Renata and their two children, Stephanie and Doug, at Etobicoke until her death in 2016.
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Political career
Member of city council
Ford served three terms as a city council member from 2000 to October 2010, representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North. During his term as a board member, Ford was a harsh critic of city council spending. Ford is known for his controversial comments and his passionate arguments on the Board.
Ford first ran for Toronto City Council in 1997, placing fourth for Gloria Lindsay Luby at Ward 3 Kingsway-Humber. Ford ran for board at Ward 2 Etobicoke North in the following election in 2000, receiving support from the Toronto Star. Ford defeated peter Elizabeth Brown in what is considered to be one of several disorders at Etobicoke. According to Ford, "people say they want change and they get change."
Ward 2 is located in the northwest corner of the city in the former town of Etobicoke. The population of wards over 50,000 in 2006 was 53% comprised of immigrants, the largest group being South Asians. It mixes in nature with 40% residence being a separate family home and 35% are high-rise apartments. It is also known as an area that has seen gang violence, including six murders in 2000.
Ford previously lived in the ward, but moved in 2000 before the election, after his marriage, to Ward 4. In 2003, Ford was re-elected with 80% of the vote in Ward 2, beating two local Somali candidates. community. In the 2006 election, Ford won again, beating Somali-Canadian candidate Cadigia Ali, this time with 66% of the vote.
city budget 2001
It was during the 2001 budget discussion that Ford gained a reputation for passionate speech. The city faces a budget shortfall of several hundred million dollars, enough to demand a 32% tax increase after service is downloaded from the Government of Ontario. Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman appealed to other governments for financial aid. According to Don Wanagas, columnist of The City Post , other city council members began to fear when Ford got up to speak. "I have to give my head wobble because some of the rhetoric that comes out of the mouth of some of these board members is distracting my mind, I swear... Get the government out of our backyard It's silly The bureaucratic government here Bureaucracy is here. have all these governments and that does not make sense This is so ridiculous If you do not like what this province does, there will be elections in June '03 - before our election, by the way. "Board member Anne Johnston proposed that Ford give "neo-con award on that day", while board member Joe Pantalone suggested Ford to take Prozac. Ford opposes spending money on suicide prevention obstacles in Prince Edward Viaduct, and spends it to round up child molesters "which is the main cause of people jumping from bridges."
Ford proposed cutbacks for each office budget of $ 200,000, money for travel to the conference, ending the use of city limousines and club membership. According to Ford, "if we remove benefits for board members, we will save $ 100 million easily." Ford is one of only four board members who voted against a 5% increase in property taxes for 2001. Ford made a point of not using the city budget allocated for its office expenses, paying the cost of its salary. He claimed $ 10 for his first year, and $ 4 for the second year. According to Ford, "all the budget affairs of this office are self-promotion to benefit themselves.Why the taxpayer must pay it? That shocked my mind."
2002 municipal budget
During the debate surrounding the 2002 municipal budget, Ford and Board member Giorgio Mammoliti got some fierce exchanges, in which Mammolitti called Ford "the bad guy" and Ford called Mammolitti a "scammer". The argument heats up to the point where Ford calls Mammolitti "Gino-boy". Mammolitti called the insult a "racist remark" and filed a complaint with the city's human rights office. Three members of the council stated that they heard the insult that Ford had said, which rejected it. Ford dismissed board members who claimed they were liars if they thought he had made a racist remark. "I am a conservative and the majority of people are left wing and can not stand my politics." The exchange caused Pam McConnell's board to complain about the 'testosterone poisoning' in the room. Ford extended his exchanges outdoors with columnist John Barber from The Globe and Mail: "I am not a racist, anyone who calls me racist will face the consequences!", Which Barber replied to. "You're a racist."
2003 city selection
In the 2003 city elections, Ford supported twelve political candidates on a platform of fiscal responsibility to take council members: "We just need to get rid of lifelong politicians who only give money to special interest groups and do not serve the public." really lift. We need to get a new council or this city will be in vain. "Ford targets Brian Ashton, Maria Augimeri, Sandra Bussin, Olivia Chow, Pam McConnell, Howard Moscoe, and Sherene Shaw.Shaw is defeated by Ford's future budget chief Michael Del Grande, while the rest were re-elected.
Ford made it a priority to respond to local constituency issues, often returning own calls or meeting with city staff to resolve problems. In 2005, local radio station AM 640 tested board members about their responses by asking a journalist to make calls after hours to report the hole. Ford is one of only three board members to call in person, in one day. His passion for dealing with constituent issues became a competitive rivalry with fellow board members Howard Moscoe and Gloria Lindsay Luby.
In June 2006, Ford spoke out against a city that donated $ 1.5 million to help prevent Aids, arguing that most taxpayers should not worry about AIDS. Ford publicly apologized for comments in May 2010 during the mayor's campaign after his opponent, George Smitherman, called the Ford character questionable over the statement. At a board meeting on March 5, 2008, Ford declared "Oriental people work like dogs", a statement that he later formally apologized for stating that he intended it as a compliment.
On March 7, 2007, Ford spoke out against cyclists sharing roads with motorists, who were "built for buses, cars and trucks, not for people who use bicycles". As a board member, Ford opposed the installation of bike lanes on University Avenue and Jarvis Street and during his election campaign proposed spending money on off-road cycle paths. Bicycle lanes were installed in Jarvis in 2010 over the objections of traffic supporters, and Ford made it a priority to get rid of them during his campaign, and as mayor he could get the council to reverse the decision in 2011, a move criticized by cyclists and causing protests. The Jarvis bike path, which costs the city $ 86,000 to install in 2011, was removed in December 2012 at a cost to the city of $ 200,000- $ 300,000. At the same time, physically separate bicycle paths on Sherbourne Street are installed. Toronto Cyclist Union President Andrea Garcia praised the installation of the Sherbourne line: "Cities across North America doing far more innovative things for cyclists have built separate bike paths for a long time... It's great to finally see Toronto following. " However, he also regretted the loss of the path at Jarvis: "People live and work and go to school on both of these roads and they all need a safe way to get to these places."
Toronto 2010 mayoral election
Ford was elected mayor with 383,501 votes (47%) over George Smitherman's 289,832 (35.6%) and Joe Pantalone with 95,482 (11.7%). The turnout is around 52% of registered voters, the highest in post-amalgamation history in Toronto. The election results conducted in the ward show that Ford has won all the former pre-amalgamation fringes, while Smitherman occupied districts in the pre-amalgamation district of Toronto. Ford received 80,000 votes from the "Center 13" ward, or 20% of the total votes. Ford ran on a populist platform of fiscal conservatism and underground expansion. During the campaign, Ford's favorable scandal. After DUI conviction became public, its share of the votes increased by 10%. After it was revealed that he was banned from high school training, he raised CA $ 25,000 in campaign contributions overnight.
Mayor
After the election, Ford has exited the board member of Case Ootes, former Toronto City budget chief, head of "transition team". From his campaign team, Ford appointed Nick Kouvalis as chief of staff; Mark Towhey, who has set up his campaign platform, as his policy adviser; and Adrienne Batra, her communications adviser, as press secretary. Councilor Doug Holyday, who has helped pick Doug Ford Sr., was appointed deputy mayor. For the City Council Executive Committee, Ford appoints a board member who has supported him in his campaign. For the inauguration ceremony at the first meeting of the new council, Ford had a television commentator, Don Cherry, introduce him and put his office chains to him. Cherry collected some controversy with his statement. Cherry illustrates how Ford has reversed the misinformation of city staff who cut down a Toronto tree owner's tree for no reason and then charged the property owner, who suffers from Alzheimer's. Cherry adds, "Put it on your cheek, kook the left wing" and, in terms of the pink suit he's wearing, "I wear pinko for all the pinkos out there who ride the bike and everything, I think I'll get in." At the first meeting in December 2010, the council voted to cancel a personal vehicle registration tax of $ 60 a year endorsed by the previous council. Tax cancellation, Ford's campaign promise, takes effect on January 1, 2011.
During the first year at the office, the Council supported Ford's proposal more. Pick up Ford's privatized garbage to the west of Yonge Street. Previously, only Etobicoke had privatized the elimination of waste. Ford's first year as mayor in 2011 did not see an increase in property taxes, and subsequent years increased less than the rate of inflation. Under Ford, the council chose to declare TTC as an important service. Ford was reduced, but could not completely remove, Miller-era land transfer tax. During the summer of 2013, the City Council supported Ford's plan to cancel Transit City's transit plan and build the Expansion Subway Scarborough to fulfill one of Ford's major campaign promises. The project was then approved and received funding at both the provincial and federal levels. In the coming years, the Council will reject Ford's transit plan, including not putting underground Crosstown LRT for the entire route. Toward the end of Ford's time, Ford's power was reduced by the Council, sparked by Ford's personal problems, especially reports from a video showing crackaine of Ford's cigarette smoke.
2014 elections
Ford enrolled on January 2, 2014, as a candidate in the mayoral election of the fall. Ford participated in some debates but went on leave in May and June to deal with substance abuse issues after a video emerged from her smoking cocaine. Ford returned from vacation in July and conducted a second poll, behind John Tory and in front of Olivia Chow. On September 12, 2014, Ford suddenly withdrew his candidacy due to the discovery of a tumor in his suspected stomach, and was later confirmed to be cancerous. His brother, Doug, was listed as mayor of Ford and Ford, but was listed as a candidate for city council in his old constituency at Ward 2 Etobicoke North. Doug Ford, with 33% of the vote, was defeated in the Oct. 27 mayoral election by Tory, who received 40%, while Rob Ford succeeded in Ward 2, voted with 58% of the vote. Ford's term as mayor ends on 30 November 2014. He declares that he intends to nominate the mayor again in 2018.
Personal life
Soccer training
Ford volunteered his time to train high school football. Ford first trained at Newtonbrook Secondary School in 2001 until he was dismissed in a dispute with a player. He trained at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School from 2001 to 2013 until Toronto Catholic District School Council dismissed him after a controversial television interview leading to his training review. Ford has donated $ 20,000 to equip Don Bosco's team and start a foundation, called the Rob Ford Football Foundation, to fund teams in other underprivileged schools struggling to squash football teams.
In September 2017, Toronto mayor John Tory, along with councilors Stephen Holyday and the Ford family, proposed renaming the Centennial Park Stadium to Rob Ford Memorial Stadium in honor of Ford's coaching. City council rejected the proposal, 24-11 in a vote on October 5, 2017.
Domestic interruption
In 2008, after a 9-1-1 call from Ford's home, he was accused of assault and threatened to kill his wife. Crown lawyers say "no reasonable reasonable prospect" because there is a "credibility issue" with the accusations by Ford's wife because of inconsistencies in his statement. He said at the time that he was glad the ordeal was over and that he and his wife had been seeking marriage counseling.
In two separate incidents, on October 25, 2011, and again on December 25, 2011, police were summoned to Ford's home to investigate domestic disputes. During the Christmas Day incident, her mother-in-law called 9-1-1 between 4 and 5 am local time because she worried that Ford had been drinking and would take her children to Florida to oppose his wife's wishes. No charges were made for the incident. Furthermore, the call of domestic incident to the police occurred in 2012 and on August 27, 2013. Again, no claim was filed.
Alcohol and drug addiction
Ford suffered from alcohol and drug addiction for many years. After his father's death in 2006, Ford's abuse grew and led to public episodes of poisoning, followed by public denials. The episodes are a symptom of alcoholism and drug addiction. The episodes were reported in the media widely and attracted many criticisms. According to Dr. Tim Stockwell, director of B.C's Addiction Research Center. in Victoria, while his report may have raised awareness of alcohol and drug addiction, largely stereotyped and "highly stigmatized" judgments. The abuse of Ford caused him to be stripped of most of his power as mayor of Toronto and he later entered rehab.
On April 15, 2006, Ford attended Toronto Maple Leafs hockey at the Air Canada Center. According to some people nearby, Ford was drunk, using profanity, and insulting people. The couple then sent a detailed complaint to the City of Toronto. When confronted about an episode three days later by a reporter of the National Post , Ford initially denied it had been in the game, but later acknowledged it. "I'm having some personal problems, but that does not justify, you know, drunk in public and acts very well like a fool if you ask me."
The death of Rob Ford's father, Doug Ford Sr. in September 2006 because cancer has been marked as the period of time when Ford switched to crack cocaine other than alcohol. A convicted heroin merchant used to supply Ford's sister, Kathy, recalled a party with Ford around that time. According to reporter Robyn Doolittle, Ford will go home at night and drink a lot, using hard drugs or prescription pills.
During the mayor's May 2010 campaign, the 1999 arrest of Ford in Miami, Florida for driving under the influence (DUI) and possession of marijuana became an issue of selection when the Toronto Star published details of the arrest. Ford claimed there was no contest for DUI fees, while the marijuana charge was withdrawn. Ford was fined. When first confronted, Ford denied it. When presented with a document of detention, Ford apologized and claimed that he had forgotten it. He then announced at a press conference that he was accused of failing to give a sample of his breath, when he was arrested and convicted of drunk driving.
At Saint Patrick Day celebrations in March 2012, Ford was "very drunk" at City Hall and downtown restaurants. According to those present, Ford held a "wild party" in his office. Ford knocked down a staffer, insulted others, then went to a restaurant. According to one server, Ford did cocaine in a private room in the restaurant. After "flailing" on the dance floor of the restaurant, Ford returned to City Hall by taxi, creating a racial insult to the driver. The mayor then toured City Hall after 2 am with a bottle of brandy, using harsh language at his staff Earl Provost before the security arrangements for him to take home. The incident was revealed in November 2013 after an e-mail from City Hall security officers explaining the incident was found through an Access to Information request.
Ford's staff tried to convince Ford to get treatment for his alcohol, but he initially refused. Ford reported smoking marijuana in the parking lot of the shopping plaza. In February 2013, Ford attended Garrison Ball and was reportedly incoherent. His staff drove him out after the event organizers asked him to leave. In March 2013, Ford was accused of groping ex-mayor candidate Sarah Thomson at a social event, and Thomson publicly stated that she thought that she was high on cocaine. Around that time Ford was recorded in a crack cocaine video, a video that dealers tried to sell to the Toronto Star and other media outlets.
In April 2014, Ford was involved in another incident at the Air Canada Center. Ford, along with city budget chief Frank DiGiorgio, was denied access to the Director's Lounge at the Air Canada Center. He filmed a video that issued indecent words during a fight with the security staff. He later denied being drunk, and blamed the incident by opting against a $ 10 million contribution to the MLSE plan to expand BMO Field. DiGiorgio describes Ford as "somewhere between drunk and drunk".
On August 11, 2016, the original video of Rob Ford's smoking crack cocaine was released from a ban on publication by the Toronto Police Department after allegations of extortion against Sandro Lisi were canceled. The phone video was recorded "secretly" by Mohamed Siad in February 2013. The video shows Ford sucking cocaine from a glass pipe. His words are vague and mostly unheard during the conversation. Shortly before he admitted to smoking cocaine, Ford said, "Whatever this video shows... Toronto residents deserve to see it and people need to judge for themselves what they see in this video."
Disease and death
After suffering severe stomach ache, Ford was hospitalized at Humber River Regional Hospital in North York in September 2014 with a tummy tumor, and a biopsy was taken. Ford announced that he would not run in Toronto 2014 mayoral election due to his illness; his brother Doug will run in his place. Ford chose to run for the former Ward 2 seat in City Council. She is likely to start treatment with some chemotherapy agents; doctors did not say whether Ford needed surgery or radiation treatment.
On September 17, 2014, Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital (Ford's primary health care team doctor) revealed that Ford has been diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma, a rare cancer that appears on the adipose tissue. Ford is treated with chemotherapy and surgery. After chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Ford announced in a press conference that he would undergo a long operation performed on May 11, 2015, to remove the tumor. He said he would "get out of commission" for four months. In a community barbecue organized by the Ford family in 2015, Rob Ford announced that doctors had cleared it from a cancer tumor.
On October 28, 2015, Ford revealed, and his doctor confirmed, that new tumors grow in his bladder. The next day, Doug Ford advised reporters that tumors have been found to be cancerous and consistent with liposarcoma (previous tumors), based on CT scans.
On March 17, 2016, Ford's office announced he was in hospital "with his family beside him" because chemotherapy treatment was unsuccessful, and Ford's health was being reviewed to determine whether he could continue treatment. The Ford family thanked the many who had hoped for the former mayor in the past few weeks, but asked for privacy. Rob Ford's website "soon recovered" was founded by the Ford family to send a positive message to Ford when he received cancer treatment; it received more than 5,000 messages from well-wishers in the first two weeks after its creation.
On March 21, 2016, Ford's office confirmed that he had been placed in palliative care at Mount Sinai Hospital. Ford died the next day at the age of 46. After his death, City Hall started the official period of mourning. Flags in city buildings were lowered to half staff, a book of condolences started at City Hall, chalk reserved for private messages on the sidewalks of Nathan Phillips Square, similar to that after Jack Layton's death, and dimming from 3D Marks Toronto in the square. The visit was held in City Hall for two days with the presence of the Ford family. On March 30, a public funeral service was held at St. Anthony's Cathedral. James followed with a general memorial of his life at the Toronto Congress Center at night. Ford is buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Etobicoke where his father is also buried.
Her brothers, Doug and Randy, took over Rob's section of Label and Tag Deco after his death.
Legacy
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