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多伦多市长被剥夺大部分权力 The Toronto city council has voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, as the embattled city leader resists growing pressure to step down. 多伦多市议会通过了剥夺市长罗伯·福特大部分权力的决议，这位四面楚歌的市领导面对不断增长的压力拒绝下台。? On Monday, the council transferred most of Mr Fords budget and many of his powers to the deputy mayor.? Mr Ford, 44, who has promised to fight the councils decisions, criticised the vote as a coup detat. ? The mayor of Canadas largest city has faced intense pressure to resign after admitting to smoking crack cocaine ?In recent weeks he has also acknowledged buying illegal drugs while serving as mayor. ? Mr Ford abstained from Mondays vote, but promised outright war in the next election against the councillors who opposed him. ? Whats happening here today is not a democratic process, this is a dictatorship（专政，独裁）, he told the city councillors. ? You are absolutely telling everybody that voted in the last municipal election that their vote does not count. ? And Mr Ford refused to apologise, saying he had done enough apologising already. ? Ive admitted my mistakes, he said. Im not going to sit here and go on and on and on. ? Earlier in the heated council meeting, Mr Ford ran through the gallery, accidentally knocking over city councillor Pam McConnell before catching her. ? Ms McConnell was later seen holding ice to her lip. ?The worst spokesman? ? Mondays motion reduces Mr Fords office budget by 60%, and allows mayoral staff to join deputy mayor Norm Kelly, largely making Mr Ford mayor in name only. ? The council does not have the power to remove Mr Ford from office unless he has a criminal conviction. ? Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, once a Ford ally but now one of his most outspoken critics, said the mayors conduct was embarrassing the city. ? Hes the worst spokesman for the city of Toronto right now, he said. ? The Toronto council began stripping away his powers on Friday, voting 39 to 3 to prevent him from being able to dismiss the deputy mayor and