Doug Ford caused an uproar at a mayoral debate at a north-end Jewish school Sunday evening while trying to distance himself from an anti-Semitic slur allegedly uttered by his brother on an audio recording.
Mr. Ford was responding to allegations from fringe mayoral candidate Ari Goldkind, who said that Rob Ford had called Jews the "'K' word" in a recorded outburst.
Seizing on the topic of anti-Semitism and hate speech, Mr. Goldkind said that Rob Ford's record of making racial slurs boded poorly for his brother's campaign.
"That is where [discrimination] starts," Mr. Goldkind said, pointing to where Rob was seated in the audience.
Mayor Ford, who has shown a tremendous amount of chutzpah for coming into this room tonight, may get a free pass from everybody else on this stage … but the fact that he insulted my religion, whether it was under the influence or not; we cannot have a mayor like that
"I'm not going to address that comment," Mr. Ford said, before invoking a stereotype that upset the crowd. "But you know something? My doctor — my Jewish doctor, my Jewish lawyer…," he said, trailing off as the comment sent the crowd into pandemonium.
The audience shrieked, yelled and booed at Mr. Ford, who seemed flustered. "I'll leave it at that," he said, once the audience had quieted down.
"Mayor Ford, who has shown a tremendous amount of chutzpah for coming into this room tonight, may get a free pass from everybody else on this stage … but the fact that he insulted my religion, whether it was under the influence or not; we cannot have a mayor like that," Mr. Goldkind said. "Because that is where it starts."
"When you insult a whole people, you are not setting an example for the city," Mr. Goldkind added.
In keeping with the pattern of recent debates, Ms. Chow directed much of the conversation with attacks on leading candidate John Tory's SmartTrack transit plan, which she says has a flawed funding system.
But the audience would only endure so much criticism, eventually growing restless at Ms. Chow's attempts to discredit tax-increment financing, something that features prominently in Mr. Tory's transit plan.
"I'm sorry, but it's billions of dollars," Ms. Chow said, appealing to the crowd as she posed another question on Mr. Tory's funding model.
"You're very focused, Olivia, on finding ways we can't do things," Mr. Tory replied, later reiterating that his transit plan would source its funding in thirds: from tax-increment funding and the federal and provincial governments.
Mr. Ford also took shots at Mr. Tory's transit plan, referring to SmartTrack as "Back Track."
While Ms. Chow took issue with Mr. Tory's funding plan, Mr. Ford instead pointed to what he says is a major oversight in connecting GO Transit tracks to the TTC, particularly at Dundas West and Main Street stations.
"Will people walk through the snow, will you tunnel to the connecting stations or just give away jetpacks?" Mr. Ford said. "He goes around and around and thinks people will buy it."
The attacks on Mr. Tory continued for much of the evening, culminating in Mr. Ford claiming that his opponent doesn't know how city hall works.
"The difference between us is that you think it's working now, and I don't," Mr. Tory responded.
Anti-Semitism and other hate crimes featured prominently at the debate, held at a Jewish school in the city's north end. The event, billed by organizers as an invitation for mayoral candidates to showcase issues pertinent to both the Jewish community and Torontonians-at-large, drew a crowd of several hundred.
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