[Senator Clay Davis]

I think its pretty clear he's a pathological liar. Amazing anyone believes a word he says

In the first two-and-a-half minutes of his lengthy CBC interview Monday, Rob Ford told three lies. They were uncontested by Peter Mansbridge, and it went downhill from there.

The first lie: “The people elected me with the largest mandate in Canada’s history.”

The second lie: “Having the lowest tax increase of any major city in North America.”

The third lie: “I’ve showed up every day to work for the last 13 years.”

Ford was not elected with the strongest mandate in Canadian history. He was not even elected with the strongest mandate in Toronto history. By both measures of percentage and raw vote count, that title belongs to Mel Lastman since the city was amalgamated into the Toronto megacity. Lastman had approximately 100,000 more votes in 2000 than Ford did in the 2010 election, and he won 4 per cent more of the vote in 1997 than Ford did in 2010.

Nor is Toronto facing the lowest tax increase in North America. As pointed in Metro weeks ago, both Windsor, Ont., and San Antonio, Texas, have tax freezes which have been in place for some time.

Nor has Rob Ford shown up to work every day for the past 13 years. City councillor and mayoral attendance records in committee meetings and council meetings are a matter of public record. Anyone can look them up here. Since he has been mayor, Rob Ford has been declared absent from committee or council meetings 84 times out of 440 meetings. That’s an absentee record of about 19 per cent.

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