TORONTO – The Prime Minister’s office has weighed in on Mayor Rob Ford’s leave of absence from his role to seek rehabilitation for an alcohol problem.
Stephen Harper’s office issued a brief statement, saying “the mayor’s comments and behaviour are very troubling.”
“We are pleased to hear the mayor has entered rehab to seek treatment for his addiction.”
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Ford had closer ties than most with Harper’s inner circle being a close family friend of the former finance minister, Jim Flaherty. Through Flaherty, Ford was able to secure over $600 million in federal funding for the Scarborough subway.
Ford left Toronto Thursday morning after numerous reports linked him with a racist, rambling audio recording believed to be made Monday night at a local bar in Etobicoke and a second video allegedly showing the mayor smoking what might be crack cocaine in his sister’s basement. That video is believed to have been recorded Saturday.
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