Toronto city council has voted to both remove Mayor Rob Ford's authority during emergency situations and, under a separate motion, has stripped his power to hire and fire the deputy mayor and appoint members of his executive committee.

The motions passed 41-2 and 39-3, respectively, at council's meeting Friday morning. They are the first of three motions aimed at leaving Ford as mayor in name only. He will continue his last 11 months as mayor with severely limited powers. Ford still has the authority to declare an emergency but, in that event, authority would pass to the deputy mayor.

The vote on the third motion is expected Monday. It would reduce his staff and office budget to that of a regular city councillor.

Canada is turning into garbage. Sorry folks, but it's just the truth.

It's not just Canada's politics that has turned stupid the last 20 years, but the country's people. The bell curve is a perfect match to America's insanity and the Rise Of Alberta gave - and continues to give - those insane rightwing fucks legitimacy.

Truthfully: Sept 11, 2001 fucked Canada up more than it did the yanks.

I see the average Canadian as no smarter than the average redneck and every bit as vain and self-centred. The further west you go past Thunder Bay, the worse it gets.

The old adage "people deserve the government they get", then?
Seems kind of fatalistic.

Surely there are enough sound minds present, even in Canada, to restore order?

I'm kind of puzzled about why events in the US (9/11) would have an impact on this topic, though.

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia.

There are lots of better places that aren't run by idiots. Pull your yank head out of your yank ass and look around.

got to admire the sheer brass balls on this guy. he clearly doesn't give a fuck. it's not surprising some people find guys like this politically attractive, given the prevailing blandness of politicians

Germany (nice place tho) ?, France ?, just fuck u. The scandi countries

This is it !, this hero will soon be an hero. It'll create a legend I'm telling ya bro

Yeah, perfectly doesn't explain why weak figures like Tony "no nuts" Blair were elected into office.

lol you're obviously clueless. They're terrific places to live.

Get real.
GFY is basing his opinion on his intoxicated european tour de grass, 10 years ago.
But things are rapidly changing, for the worse.
Countries as mentioned are forced to adjust to European zero tolerance guide lines.

Germany was one of the better places I visited, but as far as restrictive policies go against civil liberties they're just as nutty as the yanks

Sounds more like someones in a good mood so doesn't want a whole load of dick in their backside

We've already agreed France is a shithole so were 50% complete

Really? In Germany, you can take your dog into the mall or into the restaurant. In the US or Canada, they'd call the cops on you if you tried.

I preferred Italy to France...