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In his first public appearance since he engulfed into deep controversy after admitting having had smoked cocaine, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford officially addressed the audience at the city’s Remembrance Day ceremony. After observing two minutes of silence, a flypast by vintage aircraft, reveille and a hymn, Mr. Ford stepped up to deliver his remarks amid light applause and slight booing from the crowd at the Old City Hall cenotaph on Monday morning.
In his address, the mayor reminded that the country’s first Remembrance Day was held in 1919 in order to observe the first anniversary of the end of World War I. He sated “and so as we have done for the last 94 years, the people of Toronto join all Canadians to remember and honour those who have fought for our freedom. We honour and remember the service and sacrifice of more than 1.5 million Canadians.” After summing up the event, Mayor Ford told a supporter: “I’m not going anywhere, guaranteed,” after which he quickly returned to City Hall.
Even though several councillors had alleged that Mr. Ford should not have attended the ceremony, Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly said it was important and explained that “this is a very solemn ceremony. I don’t think it’s a place where you discharge your personal feelings or take the travails of the political system into that context.” He elaborated that “I think this is a time where we step down or step aside from that conflict and join each other into a solemn remembrance of the sacrifice that others have made so that we can enjoy the system that we have today.”
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