For the second time in a month, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's public behaviour is in question after a story in the Toronto Star claims the mayor appeared intoxicated and was asked to leave a gala dinner on Feb. 23.
The Star reported Tuesday that Ford was asked to leave the Garrison Ball — an annual dinner held at Toronto's Liberty Grand hotel and attended by senior armed forces personnel including Defence Minister Peter MacKay — because organizers were concerned he was impaired.
Some sources who attended the event told the Star that Ford spoke in a rambling, incoherent manner.
The Star story quotes Coun. Paul Ainslie, who confirmed to the newspaper that Ford was asked to leave.
"I urged the mayor's chief of staff, Mark Towhey, to have the mayor leave the event," Ainslie told the Star.
The Star story says Ainslie refused to discuss why Ford was asked to leave.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was reportedly asked to leave a military gala on Feb. 23 because of his behaviour. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) One event organizer quoted but not named by the Star told the newspaper that Ford "seemed either drunk, high or had a medical condition."
Other sources who attended the ball told the Star that Ford did not appear to be intoxicated at the event.
The story quotes real estate agent Anita Springate-Renaud, who spoke to Ford briefly at the gala.
"He wasn't in any way intoxicated, he seemed fine to me," she told the Star.
Ford's office has not responded to the CBC's requests for comments in response to the Star story.
The Star story also reports that some members of the mayor's staff have been concerned about Ford's drinking for some time.
They refer to previous incidents including an impaired driving charge in Florida in 1999 and an argument Ford had with a couple at a Maple Leafs game in 2006.
Sarah Thomson alleged that Mayor Rob Ford groped her while this picture was taken at a Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee event. Ford has denied the allegations. (Facebook) Earlier this month Sarah Thomson, who ran against Ford in the 2010 mayoralty race before dropping out, alleged that Ford touched her inappropriately and made a suggestive comment to her at a Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee meeting.
Thomson alleged that Ford groped her buttocks while the pair posed for picture. She also wrote on a Facebook post that the mayor was "out of it" at the event.
Ford denied Thomson's allegations.
Coun. Doug Ford appeared on a private radio station on Tuesday morning and denied his brother has a drinking problem. Doug Ford's office has not responded to the CBC's request for an interview.
Rob Ford is scheduled to appear at 11 a.m. Tuesday at a city hall event, where he is expected to give the key to the city to boxing great George Chuvalo.
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