Many colleagues just as bad says shamed mayor

The council voted overwhelmingly Monday to slash his budget by 60 per cent and allow his staff to join the deputy mayor. Mr Ford now effectively has no legislative power, as he will no longer chair the executive committee, although he retains his title and ability to represent Toronto at official functions.

On ABC’s Good Morning America he accused councillors of attacking him for personal reasons and suggested many were guilty of the same behaviour he has admitted.

“All they did was stab me in the back over issues, the same issues that I’ve admitted to that they do, but nobody knows about it,” he said.

He again denied that he had a 
serious problem with alcohol, 
although he said he was getting help from “health care professionals on a number of issues” 
and promised the public would see a difference in him in five months.

“Do I excessively drink once in a while, or it’s called binge drinking whatever term you want to use? Yes I have. I absolutely have,” he said. Despite apologising for his drug use and drinking, Ford has remained defiant in the face of pressure to resign.