(Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)

Speaking to a crush of media outside his office at City Hall, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he will not resign.

“I have no reason to resign. I’m going to go back and return my phone calls. I’m going to be out doing what the people elected me to do and that’s save taxpayers’ money and run a great government that we’ve been running,” he said.

In a statement lasting just one minute, Mr. Ford also said: “I think everybody’s seen the allegations against me today. I wish I could come out and defend myself but unfortunately I can’t because it’s before the courts."

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