Rob Ford on CBC's As It Happens

Toronto's newly elected mayor shows some true class in this nationally broadcast radio interview on CBC's As It Happens program.

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[teedot]

Seriously he can't step aside for 5 mins so he isn't distracted? What a freaking buffoon.

[mcboxer]

@twc101r And in fact helped fuel the other. Now it's just one sided, the right, and it's not about saving money. The right is breaking the law, our freedoms are void, and the ones who believe it will help society have been duped. I do not judge against those who vote conservative, I pity them and know they've been tricked.

[TorontoLiving]

what an asshole he is... Bad luck for Toronto!

[mcboxer]

@twc101r I agree totally! What's sad is I could see conservativsm being ok, ages ago, but the conservatism we have now it's conservatism at all. It's white straight male christian cultism yet again. There was a time where if you wanted to focus on society issues and opportunities, such as health care, education, libraries, food banks ect, you voted more on the left. If you wanted to focus on infrastructure, business growth and money then you voted right. Both were appropriate to switch between.

[twc101r]

There is no gravy train it's so apparent now come 2014 all conservatives are done!!

[gdwhat]

Sorry but maybe part of being elected Mayor is not volunteering to coach for a year or two, chirst. There's not one other parent on that team that's eligible to coach?

[zammmerjammer]

@MrIntangibleasset Well, I'm not a liberal, big L or little l, so I was probably complaining actually since it's about time we had proportional representation.

My point isn't that I think he cheated, it's the reality that most people didn't vote for him and he is now THEIR mayor too. He doesn't just get to live in an echo chamber where he hears only what he wants to.

And whether or not you like 2 shows means nothing.

Still waiting for evidence of this "bias" please...

[MrIntangibleasset]

CBC has garbage programs and shows, it can't compete with private networks, that is why they need 1.1 billion dollars from tax payers, anyway I am done with this debate.

[MrIntangibleasset]

@zammmerjammer It is what it is, he won within the system rules, fair and square. If it was your guy who won I am sure you would not be saying 1/4 this or that. Jean Chretian also won majority governments over and over again without most of the electorate voting for him, no liberal complained then??

LOL CBC is garbage, I don't know any person who watches "Mosque on a prairie" or "This Hour has 22 min" It is a lame network, and it would be broke without gov handouts. Their ratings are down.

[zammmerjammer]

@MrIntangibleasset No I don't "see" that since none of it is true. CBC produces excellent radio and TV programs that do well domestically and internationally.

Also, I'd like some evidence of this supposed "bias" the CBC possesses, please. (p.s. "bias" is a real word with a real definition, it doesn't just mean "stuff I don't like")

Democracy is when the public engages in the entire political process, not just voting once every few years. Look it up.

And only 1/4 of the electorate voted for Ford.

[MrIntangibleasset]

@zammmerjammer, The people voted him in, its called democracy, live with it. Also, the 1.1 billion dollars given to the CBC each year of tax payer money should be stopped. Don't you see the CBC is a left wing biased network, and it produces garbage programs that no one likes.

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 How do you know it's higher than in the 50s? StatsCan has only been around since 1971. Crime has been steadily declining since 1991 and in 2006 was the lowest in 25 years.

Funny how when the FACTS don't support your bullshit you decide the facts aren't important.

Murder = willfully killing another person. Also, punishment doesn't work to deter bad behaviour; it just discourages people from getting caught.

Do not call me names -- I didn't call you names. Grow up.

[Jamespot24]

@zammmerjammer Still higher then the 50's before the hippies took over, when it gets lower then that we'll start talking. And yes the trend has been downward but by how much? Its not a simple up or down, lol. The fact is its been going down but by very little.

And its not murdering its administering punishment. Is it kidnapping when the cops come to ur house arrest you and put u in prison? Didn't think so bitch!

And part of being a "civilized nation" is punishing murderers and pedophiles!

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 NOT FACT in any way shape or form.

Canada's crime rate is way lower -- THAT is a fact. And it has been going down for years due to policies that are "soft on crime" that is, they are ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE.

Murdering someone for being a murderer makes no sense and is barbaric. And whether you end up on death row has not so much to do with how "evil" one is, as how POOR one is. It is inherently unjust, so we, and other civilized nations, no longer practice it.

[Jamespot24]

@zammmerjammer Because its good when someone evil enough to commit murder is executed! Now they have to be 18 at the date of the crime, tho life in prison is given to bitch ass ganstas and fucked up kids who would probably be serial killers.

In Canada they are hug and released back onto the street! Only to recommit. At least lock them up or kill them to prevent them from recommitting that method is 100% effective. FACT!

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 If you get sentenced to death for a crime you committed when you were 14 that fits the definition of executing a child. Just because your appeals process finally runs out at age 22 doesn't change that fact.

"Unfortunately"? What is wrong with you?

I have been to the USA, and the people are nice enough, but their social structure & "justice" systems are AWFUL because they have the sorts of bullshit you are advocating. THAT is my point.

[Jamespot24]

@zammmerjammer Unfortunately they can't execute anyone under 18 anymore. But you probably never been to the USA or just to Buffalo or Detroit, those places suck but most places are pretty nice! And if you don't count blacks their crime rate is similar to Canada.

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 Yeah, you should DEF move to the USA. They're doing great right now. They also have the highest incarceration rate IN THE WORLD and it hasn't brought their crime rate down a whit. They also execute children and the mentally retarded & have an insanely high rate of in-prison assaults and rapes so I guess that'll make you happy.

[Jamespot24]

@zammmerjammer Well I guess the USA has more rights then we do as they have freedom of the press, and they released that 12 yr old who killed his pregnant step mom.  So whatever maybe I should just move to the USA once Obama loses haha.

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 The media has no "right" to broadcasting, rather they have to pay for a license and agree to abide by laws and rules. Again, your rights have not been infringed upon in any way. Media blackouts are often imposed if they serve the interests of justice, and that's why youthful offenders usually have their identities kept from the public.

[Jamespot24]

@zammmerjammer Silencing the media on any issue is infringing on free speech. When you tell the media "you cant say this" ur infringing.

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 How is withholding the names of youthful offenders infringing upon your free speech?

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 Ok. So you've just outed yourself as a crazy person. Well done.

"The best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter." -- Winston Churchill

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 Not true. You also seem not to understand the meaning of the word "fact."

[zammmerjammer]

@Jamespot24 1) Most people in jail in this country are not murderers. Most of them aren't even in for violent offences. In fact, HALF of people in custody haven't been convicted of ANYTHING but are only awaiting trial.

2) Convicts do in fact turn their lives around when people give them a shot. So that's NOT a "fact." But if they get no opportunity to do so... what do you think they're going to do when they get out? Give them job training and they can support themselves upon release.