Updated Nov. 13, 2013 6:56 p.m. ET
TORONTO—Toronto's city council Wednesday passed an unprecedented motion urging Mayor Rob Ford to step aside, a move the scandal-plagued mayor refused to make.
The hourslong council debate, before a packed chamber and broadcast live on several Canadian media outlets, included a number of heated exchanges between Mr. Ford and councilors who grilled the mayor over his past drinking and drug use, urged him to get treatment and scolded...
TORONTO—Toronto's city council Wednesday passed an unprecedented motion urging Mayor Rob Ford to step aside, a move the scandal-plagued mayor refused to make.
The hourslong council debate, before a packed chamber and broadcast live on several Canadian media outlets, included a number of heated exchanges between Mr. Ford and councilors who grilled the mayor over his past drinking and drug use, urged him to get treatment and scolded...