Since news emerged in May of a video allegedly showing Ford smoking crack cocaine, the Toronto mayor has given the Canadian public a steady stream of cringe-inducing remarks, the most recent of which was a comment made to hordes of TV cameras and reporters about .
Even before becoming mayor, Ford鈥檚 comments on , , and , among other things, had attracted criticism and notoriety. A 2006 against a couple while attending a Maple Leafs hockey game (and lying about it, even though he had given his business card to the couple) hasn鈥檛 helped his case.