Crackgate

Proper noun

Crackgate

1. A 2013 scandal involving reports of then-mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
   • A mayor who insists he is not a crack addict — and there's no indication of habitual use, nor much likelihood that drug traces could be obtained from hair samples, given the buzz cut that Ford suddenly adopted a few weeks ago, after Crackgate exploded in the media.2013 June 14, Rosie DiManno, “Dixon Road raids turn up glare on Rob Ford's helter-skelter life: DiManno”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, ON: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
   • First came the crack-cocaine-smoking video, which was leaked in 2013 and promptly transformed Ford into an international late-night-TV staple. His links with the Toronto demimonde were exposed in a series of increasingly crazed media reports, and if he was considered to be unsuitable before the...2018 September 28, Richard Poplak, “A Populist Has Exposed a Sinkhole in Canada's Democracy”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC...