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A statue of Jack Layton invites you to ride on the front seat of the bicycle. I only got a moment to snap this before another in a long line of strangers wanted a friend to get a picture of them riding with Jack.



Toronto from the Hanlan's Point ferry.

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The greatest Prime Minister Canada never had.

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The greatest Mayor Toronto ever rejected. We're all sitting here with Rob Ford, so infamous that he showed up in MAD Magazine and became internationally known for allegations of smoking crack (and his public statement about it, "I do not smoke crack", without any past tense to it). And some of us are hoping Olivia Chow runs for office.

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Ah, Rob Ford is indeed internationally famous.

If you're a politician and there's photos around of you doing drugs, you may as well become an advocate for decriminalisation, not denial.

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He admitted to pot, but after Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau admitted to having smoked pot after being an elected official, it suddenly became fashionable for political leaders in Canada to admit to having smoked pot. The Premier of Ontario was in the news with Trudeau and Ford for having admitted the same. The Prime Minister was more like "No I haven't and look Justin Trudeau shows poor judgment" hoping to pounce on a federal rival, but I'm not sure who bought that display.