Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Says He Did Nothing Wrong by Helping RR Donnelley Lobby for City Contract

Mayor Rob Ford has broken his silence on reports he lobbied the city on behalf of clients of his family business, saying “I help out anyone that calls me.”

The mayor was asked Monday afternoon at a playground opening in North Toronto about a Globe and Mail investigation, and responded by saying that he’d done nothing wrong—though he stopped short of denying that he’d helped clients of his family business.

A Globe and Mail report in June revealed that the mayor and his brother Doug Ford helped RR Donnelley lobby for a city contract at the same time