多伦多市长被剥夺大部分权力
The Toronto city council has voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, as the embattled city leader resists growing pressure to step down.
多伦多市议会通过了剥夺市长罗伯·福特大部分权力的决议，这位四面楚歌的市领导面对不断增长的压力拒绝下台。
On Monday, the council transferred most of Mr Ford's budget and many of his powers to the deputy mayor.
Mr Ford, 44, who has promised to fight the council's decisions, criticised the vote as a "coup d'etat".
The mayor of Canada's largest city has faced intense pressure to resign after admitting to smoking crack cocaine
In recent weeks he has also acknowledged buying illegal drugs while serving as mayor.
Mr Ford abstained from Monday's vote, but promised "outright war" in the next election against the councillors who opposed him.
"What's happening here today is not a democratic process, this is a dictatorship（专政，独裁）," he told
