Council agrees to ask Ford to take leave

By News Staff

Posted November 13, 2013 6:46 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

City council voted in favour of Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong’s motion to ask Mayor Rob Ford to take a temporary leave of absence to deal with his alleged substance abuse.

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