Toronto Mayor 'Sincerely Sorry For The Past'

Toronto's troubled mayor Rob Ford has apologised for smoking drugs and drunkenly making threats to kill, but says the past "cannot be changed".

Appearing at a city council meeting, he admitted buying illegal drugs in the last two years but denied he was a drug addict or an alcoholic.

He told councillors he had "admitted to my mistakes" and that he was "sincerely sorry" for his actions.

However, he insisted he was "not going anywhere" and added: "Those mistakes were not in this council chamber. They were in my personal life.

"I sincerely apologise and I understand the embarrassment I caused every member of this council ... (and) every resident of this city.

"I'm humiliated by it but I cannot change the past. All I can do is move on and that's what I'm doing."

Mr Ford's apology came after he was filmed pacing around a room, swearing and threatening to "kill that ******* guy".

Two days before the video was published, he admitted during a radio interview that he had smoked crack cocaine.

He later told a news conference: "I know what I did was wrong and admitting it was the most difficult and embarrassing thing I've ever had to do.

"I have nothing left to hide. The past is the past and we must move forward."

Responding to councillors' questions, he said the admission had been "humiliating, embarrassing and degrading".

During a heated clash with Councillor Michael Thompson, he denied he had visited a "crack house" in the city.

"Have you visited the house?" Mr Ford asked. "Have you walked in the house? No, you haven't."

Cllr Thompson replied: "I have no interest being in that house. I'm not a crack user."

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