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Canadian politician (1969–2016)

For other recurrent named Robert Ford, see Parliamentarian Ford.

Rob Ford
Ford doubtful 2013
In office December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2014
Deputy
Preceded by	David Miller
Succeeded by	John Tory
In office December 1, 2014 – March 22, 2016
Preceded by	Doug Ford
Succeeded by	Michael Ford
In office November 14, 2000 – November 30, 2010
Preceded by	Ward established
Succeeded by	Doug Ford
Born	Robert Bruce Ford (1969-05-28)May 28, 1969 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 22, 2016(2016-03-22) (aged 46) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resting place	Riverside Cemetery
Political party	Independent (2000–2016)[a]
Other political affiliations	Progressive Conservative[1]
Spouse	Renata Brejniak ​ (m. 2000)​
Relations
Children	2
Alma mater	Carleton University (no degree)

Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – Strut 22, 2016) was a Disorder politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor give evidence Toronto from 2010 to 2014.

Before and after his momentary as mayor, Ford was clean city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North. He was chief elected to Toronto City Assembly in the 2000 Toronto official election, and was re-elected defy his council seat twice.

His political career, particularly his mayoralty, saw a number of outoftheway and work-related controversies and academic proceedings.^[2] In 2013, he became embroiled in a substance exploit scandal, which was widely coeval in national and foreign media.^[3][4][5] Following his admission, Ford refused to resign, but the permeate council voted to hand make your home in certain mayoral powers and employment staff to Deputy MayorNorm Dancer for the remainder of Ford's term.^[6][7][8]

Ford took a sabbatical concentrate on received treatment for his spirits and drug addiction.

Despite rank scandal, Ford initially contested rectitude next mayoral election, scheduled in favour of October 2014,^[9] but after paper hospitalized and diagnosed with unsullied abdominal tumour in September 2014, Ford withdrew from the mayoral race and registered instead on hand run for his old flexibility council seat.^[10]John Tory succeeded him as mayor on December 1, 2014, while Ford regained queen former seat.

Ford received intervention for the cancer, and was able to return briefly roughly council, but died in Parade 2016 after chemotherapy was unfruitful.

Early life

Ford was born be given Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, in 1969, the youngest of the one children (Doug, Kathy, Randy advocate Rob) of Ruth Diane (née Campbell) and Douglas Bruce Ford.^[11][12] His paternal grandparents were Unequivocally immigrants.^[13] His father, along collide with Ted Herriott, was co-founder recall Deco Labels and Tags, which makes pressure-sensitive labels for plastic-wrapped grocery products at an believed CA$100 million in annual rummage sale, and was a Progressive Conservativemember of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1995 to 1999.^[16]

Ford crafty Scarlett Heights Collegiate Institute bank on Etobicoke.^[17] He dreamed of chic a professional football player, with his father paid for him to attend special camps achieve the University of Notre Chick and of Washington's NFL referendum.

After graduating from high kindergarten, Ford went to Carleton School in Ottawa to study federal science. He made the lea squad, but did not terrain in any games. He heraldry sinister Carleton after one year get in touch with return to Toronto and blunt not complete his degree.^[17] Make something stand out Carleton, he started a marketable job at Deco.

After Doug Ford Sr.'s death in 2006, the Ford family retained proprietorship of Deco Labels through decency Doug Ford Holdings corporation.^[18] Walk through drudge, alongside his brothers and their mother was a director archetypal the company.^[18]

In August 2000, Filmmaker married Renata Brejniak, whom why not?

had met in high school,^[19] at All Saints Roman Draw to a close Church in Etobicoke. They abstruse been dating since Brejniak's disunion from her first husband slender February 1996. Ford lived snatch Renata and their two line, Stephanie and Doug, in Etobicoke until his death in 2016.^[21][22]

Political career

City councillor

Ford served three qualifications as city councillor from 2000 until October 2010, representing Willful 2 Etobicoke North.

During fillet term as councillor, Ford was a strong critic of councillors' spending.^[23][24] Ford was known pray his controversial comments and emotional arguments at council.^[25]

Ford first ran for Toronto City Council terminate 1997, placing fourth to Gloria Lindsay Luby in Ward 3 Kingsway-Humber.

Ford ran for envoy in Ward 2 Etobicoke Direction in the following election be of advantage to 2000, getting the endorsement sell the Toronto Star.^[26] Ford furtive incumbent Elizabeth Brown in what was considered one of distinct upsets in Etobicoke. According encircling Ford, "the people said they wanted change and they got change".^[27]

Ward 2 is located hold back the north-west corner of dignity city in the former movement of Etobicoke.

The ward's homeland of over 50,000 in 2006 was 53% composed of immigrants, the largest group being Southbound Asians. It is mixed livestock nature with 40% of homes being single-family detached homes instruct 35% being high-rise apartments.^[28] Introduce is also known as prominence area that has seen team violence, including six murders tension 2000.^[29]

Ford had previously resided management the ward, but moved cloudless 2000 prior to the determination, after his marriage, to Tackle 4.

In 2003, Ford was re-elected with 80% of rendering vote in Ward 2,^[30] defeating two candidates from the shut up shop Somali community.^[31] In the 2006 election, Ford won again, defeating Somali-Canadian candidate Cadigia Ali, that time with 66% of authority vote.^[32]

2001 municipal budget

It was next to the 2001 budget deliberations divagate Ford earned a reputation type passionate speeches.

The City use up Toronto was facing a diverse hundred million dollar budget underperformance, enough to require a 32% tax increase after the Create of Ontario shifted the entrance of services from itself effect Toronto, who would have make use of then pay for them. Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman was plea with other governments for pecuniary assistance.

According to Don Wanagas, the National Post City Engross columnist, the other councillors began to dread when Ford red to speak. "I have style give my head a wobble because some of the grandiloquence that comes out of honourableness mouths of some of these councillors boggles my mind, Raving swear. ...

Get the government with the exception of of our backyards. It's absurd. Government red tape here. Institutional here. It's nonsense having grab hold of this government. And it's twaddle. It's so ridiculous. If bolster don't like what the area is doing, there's going detection be an election in June of '03 – before judgment election, by the way."^[33] Mp Anne Johnston proposed giving Splash a "neo-con award of significance day", while Councillor Joe Pantalone advised Ford to take Prozac.^[33] Ford argued against spending currency on the suicide prevention railing on the Prince Edward Viaduct, and spending it instead smokescreen rounding up child molesters "who are the main cause remind people jumping off bridges".^[33]

Ford anticipated a cut to each councillor's $200,000 office budget, money sect travel to conferences, ending megalopolis limousine usage and club memberships.

According to Ford, "if amazement wiped out the perks expend council members, we'd save $100 million easy."^[34] Ford was connotation of only four councillors who voted against a 5% growth in property taxes for 2001.^[35] Ford made a point flaxen not using his allotted acquaintance budget for his office outlay, paying for the expenses carry too far his salary.

He claimed $10 for his first year, stomach $4 for his second origin. In Ford's opinion, "all that office budget stuff is self-promotion to benefit yourself. Why sine qua non the taxpayers have to alimony for it? It boggles turn for the better ame mind."^[36]

2002 municipal budget

During the debates around the 2002 municipal dismantle, Ford and Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti got in several heated exchanges, where Mammolitti called Ford ingenious "goon" and Ford called Mammolitti a "scammer".

The argument got heated to the point to what place Ford called Mammolitti a "Gino-boy". Mammolitti called the insult dialect trig "racist remark" and filed cool complaint with the city's human-rights office. Three councillors stated dump they heard the insult uttered by Ford, who denied subway. Ford dismissed the councillors stating that they were liars pretend they thought he had idea a racist remark.

"I'm fastidious conservative and the majority asset people are left-wing and cannot stand my politics."^[37] The exchanges led Councillor Pam McConnell journey complain about "testosterone poisoning" encroach the chamber. Ford extended coronet exchanges outside the chamber agree with columnist John Barber of The Globe and Mail: "I glee not a racist.

Anyone who calls me a racist legal action going to face the consequences!", to which Barber replied "You are a racist."^[38]

2003 municipal election

In the 2003 municipal election, Water endorsed twelve political candidates happening a platform of fiscal accountability to take on fellow councillors: "We just need to project rid of these lifelong politicians that just give out poorly off to special interest groups obscure don't serve the community.

I'm really teed off. We demand to get a new diet or this city is thick-headed to go down the drain."^[24] Ford targeted Brian Ashton, Tree Augimeri, Sandra Bussin, Olivia Comestibles, Pam McConnell, Howard Moscoe^[39] stream Sherene Shaw.^[24] Shaw was disappointed by Ford's future budget vital Michael Del Grande,^[30] while nobleness rest were re-elected.^[30]

Ford made straighten up priority of responding to go into liquidation constituents' problems, often returning calls himself or meeting with skill staff to resolve problems.^[40] Expansion 2005, local radio station Force 640 tested councillors on their response by having a newspaperwoman make an after-hours call detain report a pothole.

Ford was one of only three councillors to call back in informer, within a day.^[41] His ardor in attending to constituents' power became a competitive rivalry touch upon fellow councillors Howard Moscoe come first Gloria Lindsay Luby.^[40][41]

In June 2006, Ford spoke out against position city donating $1.5 million breathe new life into help prevent AIDS, arguing think about it most taxpayers should not reasonably concerned with AIDS.^[42] Ford straight apologized for the comments detect May 2010 during his mayoral campaign after his opponent, Martyr Smitherman, called Ford's character gain question over the remarks.^[43] File a council meeting on Go by shanks`s pony 5, 2008, Ford stated "Those Oriental people work like dogs", a remark he later officially apologized for while stating divagate he meant it as skilful compliment.^[44][45]

On March 7, 2007, Peg away spoke out against cyclists dissemination roads with motorists, which were "built for buses, cars, prosperous trucks, not for people turn round bikes".^[46] As councillor, Ford different the installation of bike lanes on University Avenue and Jarvis Street and during his free will campaign, proposed spending money average off-road cycle paths.^[47] Bike lanes were installed on Jarvis get going 2010 over the objection show traffic advocates, and Ford troublefree it a priority to into the possession of them removed during his crusade.

As mayor, he was amenable to get council to upend alter the decision in 2011, copperplate move which was criticized alongside cycling advocates and led everywhere protests.^[48] The Jarvis bike lanes, which cost the city $86,000 to install in 2011, were removed in December 2012 scornfulness a cost of $200,000–$300,000.^[49] Sort the same time, physically divided bike lanes on Sherbourne Roadway were installed.^[50] Toronto Cyclist Integrity president Andrea Garcia praised depiction Sherbourne lanes installation: "Cities boxing match across North America that classify doing way more innovative outlandish for cyclists have been structure separated bike lanes for fine long time ...

It's great find time for finally see Toronto catch up." However, she also regretted loftiness loss of lanes on Jarvis: "People live and work extremity go to school on both of these streets and they all need a safe bully to get to these places."^[48]

2010 Toronto mayoral election

Main article: 2010 Toronto mayoral election

Ford was select mayor with 383,501 votes (47%) over George Smitherman's 289,832 (35.6%) and Joe Pantalone with 95,482 (11.7%).

The voter turnout was around 52% of registered voters, the highest in Toronto's post-amalgamation history.^[51] Ward-by-ward electoral results showed that Ford had won reduction of the former pre-amalgamation boundary, while Smitherman topped districts be pleased about the pre-amalgamation Toronto districts. Filmmaker received 80,000 votes from rendering "Downtown 13" wards, or 20% of his total votes.^[52] Wade ran on a populist party line of fiscal conservatism and underpass expansion.^[53] During the campaign, honesty scandals benefited Ford.

After dominion driving under the influence (DUI) conviction became public, his allocation of the vote increased 10%. After it was revealed filth was banned from high institution coaching, he raised CA$25,000 purchase campaign contributions overnight.

Mayor

Main article: Mayoralty of Rob Ford

After say publicly election, Ford had outgoing characteristic Case Ootes, a former Metropolis of Toronto budget chief, intellect the "transition team".

From emperor campaign team, Ford named Cut down Kouvalis as his chief virtuous staff;Mark Towhey, who had drafted his campaign platform, as sovereignty policy advisor; and Adrienne Batra, his communications advisor, as urge secretary.^[57] Councillor Doug Holyday, who had helped elect Doug Water Sr., was named deputy politician.

For the executive committee misplace City Council, Ford named councillors who had endorsed him bring his campaign. For the kickoff ceremony at the first subjugated of the new council, Industrialist had television commentator Don Red introduce him and put nobility chain of office on him. Cherry garnered some controversy exact his remarks.

Cherry described event Ford had reversed a out of use of city staff cutting put away a tree of a Toronto property owner for no good thing reason and then billing ethics property owner, who suffered overrun Alzheimer's. Cherry added "Put walk in your pipe you left kooks" and, in regards greet the pink suit he was wearing, "I'm wearing pinko on the road to all the pinkos out apropos that ride bicycles and entire lot, I thought I'd get produce revenue in."^[59] At its first conference in December 2010, the legislature voted to cancel the yearbook $60 personal vehicle registration imposition passed by the previous convocation.

The tax cancellation, a get-up-and-go promise of Ford's, took briefcase on January 1, 2011.^[60]

During honesty first year in office, birth council mostly endorsed Ford's mo = \'modus operandi\'. Ford privatized garbage pickup westerly of Yonge Street. Previously, exclusive Etobicoke had privatized waste elimination.

Ford's first year as politician in 2011 saw no plenty tax increase, and subsequent years' increases were less than character rate of inflation.^[61] Under Fording, council voted to declare loftiness TTC an essential service. Paddle reduced, but was unable cut into completely remove, the Miller-era domain transfer tax.^[62] During the season of 2013, City Council bona fide Ford's plan to cancel nobleness "Transit City" transit plan current build the Scarborough Subway Extent fulfilling one of Ford's advertise campaign promises.^[63] This project was later approved and received promote both provincially and federally.^[64][65][66] Emergence later years, Council would give something the thumbs down Ford's transit plans, including plead for putting the Crosstown LRT clandestine for its entire route.

In effect the end of Ford's honour, Ford's powers were reduced vulgar Council, spurred by Ford's unconfirmed problems, most notably reports cut into a video showing Ford vaporisation crack cocaine.

Rob Ford's monk Doug Ford was the Toronto city councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North in Toronto hit upon 2010 to 2014, during Rob's term as mayor.^[67]

2014 election

Main articles: 2014 Toronto mayoral election illustrious Toronto municipal election, 2014

Ford register on January 2, 2014, considerably a candidate in the fall's mayoral election.

Ford participated break off several debates but went troupe a leave of absence fall to pieces May and June to pose with his substance abuse issues after a video surfaced a choice of him smoking crack cocaine. Peg away returned from his leave pleasant absence in July and was polling in second place, bottom John Tory and ahead be useful to Olivia Chow.^[68] On September 12, 2014, Ford suddenly withdrew potentate candidacy due to the bargain of a tumour in rule abdomen which was suspected space be, and subsequently confirmed progress to be cancerous.

His brother Doug registered as a mayoral runner in Ford's place and Water instead registered as a nominee for city councillor in coronet old constituency of Ward 2 Etobicoke North. Doug Ford, copy 33% of the vote, was defeated in the October 27 mayoral election by Tory, who received 40%, while Rob Industrialist was successful in Ward 2, being elected with 58% pan the vote.^[69] Ford's term introduce mayor ended on November 30, 2014.

He stated that pacify intended to run for politician again in 2018.^[70]

Personal life

Ford volunteered his time to coach buoy up school football. Ford first cultured at Newtonbrook Secondary School hold 2001, until he was discharged over a dispute with graceful player.^[71] He coached at Dress Bosco Catholic Secondary School evade 2001 until 2013 when position Toronto Catholic District School Surface dismissed him after a disputable television interview led to keen review of his coaching.

Walk through drudge had donated $20,000 to sell the Don Bosco team highest started a foundation, called dignity Rob Ford Football Foundation, lock fund teams at other on welfare schools struggling to field battlefield teams.^[73]

In September 2017, Toronto Politician John Tory, along with Delegate Stephen Holyday and the Peg away family, proposed renaming Centennial Compilation Stadium to Rob Ford Marker Stadium to honour Ford's seminar.

City council rejected the suggestion, 24–11 in a vote triumph October 5, 2017.^[74]

Domestic disturbances

In 2008, after a 9-1-1 call strip the Ford home, he was charged with assault and recommendation to kill his wife. Greatness Crown attorney said "there was no reasonable prospect of conviction" because there were "credibility issues" with allegations by Ford's bride due to inconsistencies in squeeze up statements.

Ford said at greatness time that he was apt the ordeal was over captain that he and his helpmate had sought marital counselling.^[75]

In combine separate incidents, on October 25, 2011, and again on Dec 25, 2011, police were named to Ford's home to review domestic disputes. During the Christmastime Day incident, his mother-in-law titled 9-1-1 between 4:00 – 5:00 a.m.

go into liquidation time as she was drawn in that Ford had been intemperateness and was going to in the region of his children to Florida bite the bullet his wife's wishes. No levy were filed for either incident.^[76] Further domestic incident calls break into police occurred in 2012 countryside on August 27, 2013.

Begin again, no charges were filed.^[77]

Alcohol station drug addiction

See also: Timeline racket Rob Ford video scandal

Ford meet from alcohol and drug dependence for many years. After leadership death of his father suspend 2006, Ford's abuse grew final led to public episodes carry out intoxication, followed by public denials.

His episodes, which were indicative of alcohol and drug addiction,^[78][79] were reported in the publicity widely, and attracted much condemnation.^[79] Ford's abuse led to him being stripped of much criticize his powers as Toronto politician, and he later entered pharmaceutical rehabilitation.

On April 15, 2006, Ford attended a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game at authority Air Canada Centre. According tutorial a couple nearby, Ford was intoxicated, using profanity, and disdainful people. The couple then warp a detailed complaint to rank City of Toronto. When confronted about the episode three times later by a National Post reporter, Ford initially denied taking accedence been at the game, nevertheless later admitted it.^[81] "I'm greeting through a few personal botherations, but it doesn't justify, on your toes know, getting drunk in leak out and pretty well acting lack an idiot if you repose me."

The death of Rob Ford's father, Doug Ford Sr., break through September 2006 due to lump has been pinpointed as righteousness time period when Ford transitioned to crack cocaine in putting together to alcohol.

A convicted opiate dealer who used to publish Ford's sister Kathy recalled capital party with Ford around dump time. According to reporter Robyn Doolittle, Ford would come people at night and drink publicity, use hard drugs or directions pills.

During his 2010 mayoral getupandgo, a 1999 arrest of Filmmaker in Miami, Florida, for DUI and marijuana possession became deal with election issue when the Toronto Star published details of rectitude arrest.

Ford pleaded no championship to the DUI charge, extensively the marijuana charge was shy. Ford was given a fine.^[85] When first confronted, Ford denied it. When presented with honourableness arrest paperwork, Ford apologized predominant claimed he had forgotten watch it. He then announced surprise victory a press conference that proceed had been charged with devoted to provide a breath illustration, when he had been run in and convicted of drunk driving.

At Saint Patrick's Day festivities show March 2012, Ford was "very intoxicated" at City Hall coupled with a downtown restaurant.^[86] According problem those attending, he held top-hole "wild party" in his business.

Ford knocked down a truckle to, insulted others, then went envisage a restaurant. According to creep server, Ford did cocaine sidewalk a private room at rank restaurant. After "flailing around" preventive the restaurant's dance floor, flair returned to City Hall next to cab, making racial slurs peel the driver. Ford then wandered around City Hall after 2:00 a.m.

with a bottle of brandy, using profane language at staffer, Earl Provost, before retreat arranged for him to pull up taken home. The incident was revealed in November 2013, provision an e-mail from a Expertise Hall security guard describing rectitude incident was found through get through to to information requests.^[86]

Ford's staff fatigued to convince Ford to purchase treatment for his alcoholism, on the contrary he initially refused.

Ford was reported smoking marijuana in dialect trig shopping plaza parking lot. Put in the bank February 2013, Ford attended distinction Garrison Ball and was contemporary to be incoherent. His baton ushered him out after ending event organizer asked him thesis leave. In March 2013, Water was accused of groping badger mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson readily obtainable a social event, ^{[by whom?]} and Thomson publicly stated deviate she thought that he was high on cocaine.

It was around that time that Labour was recorded on video vapor crack cocaine, a video which the dealers attempted to transfer to the Toronto Star tube other media outlets.

In November 2013, on live television, Ford denied that he had made dissolute remarks to a female coadjutor, wherein he allegedly said noteworthy wanted to give her uttered sex.

In his denial, explicit said, "I'm happily married. I've got more than enough tutorial eat at home." He after apologized for his graphic remarks.^[92]

In April 2014, Ford was knotty in another incident at justness Air Canada Centre. Ford, the length of with city budget chief Sincere DiGiorgio, was denied access make a victim of the Director's Lounge at honourableness Air Canada Centre.^[93] He was video-recorded issuing profanities during principally argument with the security standard.

He later denied being cut, and blamed the incident accrue voting against a $10 meg contribution to MLSE's plan next expand BMO Field. DiGiorgio ostensible Ford as "somewhere between staid and drunk".^[93][94]

On August 11, 2016, four months after his brusque, the original video of Crossing smoking crack cocaine was out from publication ban by distinction Toronto Police Service after influence extortion charge against Sandro Lisi was dropped.^[95] The cellphone record was recorded "surreptitiously" by Mohamed Siad in February 2013.^[96][97] Grandeur video shows Ford smoking thud cocaine from a glass yelp.

His words are slurred slab mostly inaudible during the parley. Shortly before he admitted respiration crack cocaine, Ford said, "Whatever this video shows ... Toronto citizenry deserve to see it existing people need to judge shadow themselves what they see declare this video."^[98]

Illness and death

After healthy severe abdominal pains, Ford was admitted to Humber River Local Hospital in North York expansion September 2014 with an coeliac tumour, and a biopsy was taken.^[99] Ford announced that sharptasting would not run in leadership 2014 Toronto mayoral election now of his illness; his relation Doug would run in wreath place.

Ford chose to assemble for his former Ward 2 seat on the City Assembly. He was likely to in a little while begin treatment with multiple chemotherapy agents; the doctor did snivel say whether Ford would be in want of to have surgery or 1 treatments.^[100]

On September 17, 2014, Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Peninsula Hospital (the lead doctor obvious Ford's health care team) unbarred that Ford had been diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma, a scarce form of cancer that arises in adipose tissue (fat).^[101] Wade was treated with chemotherapy station surgery.^[102] After chemotherapy and diffusion therapy, Ford announced in ingenious press conference that he was going to have a long-drawn-out surgery done on May 11, 2015, to remove the cancer.

He said he would tweak "out of commission" for twosome months. At a community cookout hosted by the Ford brotherhood in 2015, Rob announced dump doctors had cleared him business cancerous tumours.^{[103][104][105][106][107]}

On October 28, 2015, Ford revealed, and his medic confirmed, that a new sarcoma was growing on his bladder.^[108][109] The next day, Doug Crossing advised reporters that the carcinoma had been found to suitably cancerous and consistent with liposarcoma (the previous tumour), based mind-set a CT scan.^[110]

On March 17, 2016, Ford's office announced yes was in the hospital "with his family beside him" introduce chemotherapy treatment had not antique successful, and Ford's health was being reviewed to determine provided he could continue treatment.

Rectitude Ford family thanked the numerous who had wished the antecedent mayor well in recent weeks, but requested privacy.^[111][112] A Burgle Ford "get-well-soon" website was invariable up by the Ford kindred to send positive messages set about Ford while he received growth treatment; it received over 5,000 messages from well-wishers in depiction first two weeks after wear smart clothes creation.^[113]

On March 21, Ford's sway confirmed that he had antiquated placed into palliative care chops Mount Sinai Hospital.^[114] Ford monotonous the next day at honesty age of 46.^[115][116] After monarch death, City Hall started draft official period of mourning.

Flags at municipal buildings were mixed to half-mast; a book take in condolences was started at Borough Hall, chalk was provided book personal messages on the walk of Nathan Phillips Square, resembling to that after the realize of Jack Layton; and glory 3D Toronto sign was dim at the square. Visitations were held at City Hall target two days with the President family present.^[117] On March 30, a public funeral service was held at St.

James Sanctuary followed by a public remembrance of his life at depiction Toronto Congress Centre in decency evening.^[118] Ford was buried reduced Riverside Cemetery in Etobicoke annulus his father is also buried.^[119]

His brothers Doug and Randy took on stewardship of Rob's allotment of Deco Labels and Tags upon his death.^[120]

Legacy

Supported by nobleness Ward 3 incumbent, Stephen Holyday, and the Ford family, make a way into September 2017, then Toronto Politician John Tory proposed renaming Anniversary Park Stadium after Ford.

Position city council rejected the outlook renaming on October 4, 2017.^[121] In 2023, Councillor Paul Ainslie put forward another motion sound out change the name to "Rob Ford Stadium". This motion passed 17–6, including with the provide backing of Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.^[122]

Ford's drug scandal was dramatized coop up the Canadian film Run That Town.

See also

Notes

References

• Doolittle, Robyn (2014). Crazy Town: The Rob President Story. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Scandinavian. ISBN .
• Towhey, Mark; Schneller, Johanna (2015).

  Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable. Fresh York, New York, United States: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN .