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Rob Ford’s sobriety coach: “The burning buildings—I run in”

By Steve Kupferman
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“I take the hard cases. I take the cases that other people will run away from. The burning buildings—I run in.”

Robert Marier, Rob Ford’s new sobriety coach, explaining his professional philosophy during a Globe and Mail interview while also implicitly comparing the mayor to a flaming house.

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