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CBC  |  Posted: 05/08/2012 7:48 am Updated: 05/09/2012 8:32 am

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford marked World Press Freedom Week on Monday night, but refused to talk to reporters. (CP/The Globe And Mail)


Toronto Mayor Rob Ford marked World Press Freedom Week on Monday night.


Ford gave a speech stressing the importance of the media but wouldn't speak to reporters after the speech.


"The day is also an opportunity to join with media professionals worldwide to reaffirm the need to respect press freedom and remember those who have lost their lives while on the job.” Ford said in his brief remarks.


World Press Freedom Day was marked on May 3 this year.


Thomas Saras, president of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, said it is up to the mayor to decide "whom he's going to associate with or whom he's going to stay away from."


Saras said the relationships between politicians and media will always be strained.


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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford marked World Press Freedom Week on Monday night. Ford gave a speech stressing the importance of the media but wouldn't speak to reporters after the spee...
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Marie Forcier
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05:07 PM on 05/10/2012
OXYMORON That's it nothing more to add.
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elizlucinda
a mind is a terrible thing to waste
956 Fans
07:47 AM on 05/10/2012
Now that's rich!
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therainisgone
MT
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09:31 PM on 05/08/2012
hey rob------here's anew one for you --THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD ----

you might want to find a new path to winning friends and influencing people
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cheeseplease
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07:15 AM on 05/10/2012
GMC must be happy, no one is here defending Ford. Where are all the CONMEN?
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WeeTadBit
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09:02 PM on 05/08/2012
Please, remember the adage, as it relates to Ford: Do as I say, not as I do. The whole charade he puts on is phoney baloney.

As the old saying goes, maybe "only his hairdresser knows for sure," but that's cold comfort. The police department can better profile him than the electorate; which speaks volume as to his character.
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Newfoundlander
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07:35 PM on 05/08/2012
With this level of hypocrisy, Ford must trolling for candicacy as a Tory in some future election.
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Another Pesky Canadian
Talk - action = 0
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11:09 PM on 05/08/2012
You got that right.
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saskatoonie
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06:57 PM on 05/08/2012
The mayor doesn't have to associate with any members of the press, he does however, have to be open to questions from any member. The mayor answers to the citizens through the press!
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Turdinthepunchbowl
Just say no, to the opiate of the masses.
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06:14 PM on 05/08/2012
Rob Ford's next election slogan "More fun per ton."
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greysells2
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03:00 PM on 05/08/2012
Harper has picked Alison Smith [Wild Rose] and Mayor Ford [Toronto] to be allied with. Wrong twice!
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greysells2
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02:53 PM on 05/08/2012
Ford does not even get the irony of celebrating World Press Freedom Week and refusing to talk with the press in his own city.
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dresdengirl
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04:34 PM on 05/08/2012
That's not the only thing he doesn't get.
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CDN Devils Advocate
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06:16 PM on 05/08/2012
Can't press freedom day also be freedom from the press day? Or would that need to happen exactly 6 months later? lol
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bogey1
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02:21 PM on 05/08/2012
and this Torontonians, is how democracy dies
elect a fascist and his brother

remember for next time
and see how Quebec students reacted to similar shenanigans by their premier
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All Seeing Guy
Center of the storm
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02:12 PM on 05/08/2012
To every Councillor who wants a shot at Ford. The news cycle is all your's now.
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rayfromab
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01:39 PM on 05/08/2012
It is fun to visit from Calgary, with our Muslim progressive mayor and wonder who you pissed off to have this happen to you.
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01:53 PM on 05/08/2012
somebody with clout, that's for sure.
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Another Pesky Canadian
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05:18 PM on 05/08/2012
Toronto's mayor is living proof that bad things (Ford) happen to good people (most Torontonians).
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brio228
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01:26 PM on 05/08/2012
He has not got a shred of class but we needed someone who would work to reduce costs and stop the Miller style spending. You can't get it all in one mayor. There is always a price to pay. At least he's honest. I still believe he's right about subways but he did not sell his vision with a proper business case. LRT's will be obsolete by the time they are completed and they will never succeed at getting enough people to leave their cars at home.
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BUTCHER99
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03:54 PM on 05/08/2012
The Toronto subway system is the envy of the world. Yes by all means, we sure don't want all those foreigners coming here and studying how we did one thing right and carrying away all our good ideas.
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dresdengirl
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04:36 PM on 05/08/2012
"The Toronto subway sustem is the envy of the world."

You should really get out more.
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Another Pesky Canadian
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05:19 PM on 05/08/2012
Re: "He has not got a shred of class..."

We agree on THAT for sure!
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Scoville Scale
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12:01 PM on 05/08/2012
Dear Rest of Canada:
Look, I know we've had our differences, and we're not your favourite city.
But, please, if this is some kind of joke, we get it. We'll be nicer. We won't be so stuck up and arrogant. Just, PLEASE, call him off!
We're sorry,
Toronto
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Super Sleuth
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12:35 PM on 05/08/2012
Sorry Scoville, looks like your stuck with him - no one else wants him. Really do feel bad for you though.
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YankeeCanuck
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12:50 PM on 05/08/2012
Dear Toronto,
We've always had a secret crush on you. We love visiting--we always enjoy ourselves there. We wish we could help out there, but there's not much we can do. Except refuse to visit--but we'd miss you too much.
We feel your pain. We send sympathy. How about we all watch in great friendship as he digs his own (figurative) grave and jumps into it. It's quite a circus.
THen we will have a big, big party.
Best from Vancouver, aka la-la land.
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Doogs62
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03:41 PM on 05/08/2012
"How about we all watch in great friendship as he digs his own (figurative) grave and jumps into it."

I guess that would be To's version of "The Big Dig". Well if he can shovel dirt as fast as he can shovel food it shouldn't take too long.
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Another Pesky Canadian
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05:15 PM on 05/08/2012
Re: "We feel your pain. We send sympathy."

If you really want to make us feel better (and I sincerely believe you do)....send us Mayor Gregor Robertson and a truck full of Okanagan Spring 1516 lager.

We'll send you Rob Ford, his brother Doug, the Maple Leafs and a tanker truck of Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion Ale.

- a Vancouver transplant in TO.
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AlWaterloo
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11:53 AM on 05/08/2012
I hope the media returns the favour , maybe during the next election campaign and doesn't bother covering him.
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bogey1
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02:22 PM on 05/08/2012
maybe not invite ford to any debates on tv
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