Please resign, Rob Ford,” they sang.Ĭity Hall security stopped protesters from leaving the cake for the mayor at his office.Ĭouncillor Doug Ford said he hadn’t heard about the cake protest. Protesters sang “Happy Birthday” to Ford, even though they didn’t meet with him, and added an extra verse. The party-hat wearing protesters said they weren’t aligned with any particular group.
The group brought balloons and a cake - reportedly vanilla - with the words “Happy birthday Rob. “I’ve come to City Hall because today it is the birthday of the mayor of Toronto and we want to celebrate that but we also want to ask him as we wish him a happy birthday to please do the right thing and resign,” protester Christine Brubaker told reporters. A handful of birthday party protesters showed up at City Hall Tuesday to wish Mayor Rob Ford a happy 44th birthday - and to urge him to resign.įord has been under fire since news broke last week about an alleged video of him smoking what appears to be crack cocaine.īut Tuesday’s demonstration marked the first time protesters have shown up at City Hall to urge him to quit.
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