It's worth watching the bizarre press conference in which Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim made the same reply almost twenty times to journalists asking for Sim to explain his actions. Whatever the press corps asked, Sim's answer was "I called Councillor Orr and apologized for my comments", almost word for word, and with a straight face
The whole thing started a few days earlier when another councillor from Sim's party accused Councillor Sean Orr (not from that partty) of distributing illegal drugs to people on the street. No-one really knows why he made the allegations, but he later publicly apologized to Orr for his accusations, which were based, he said, on unspecified incorrect sources. Then, though, Mayor Sim made exactly the same accusations about Concillor Orr (based, presumably, on the same incorrect information), and now he too is apologizing - twenty times over!
It's very strange, but fascinating viewing. I assume he has been advised by his legal counsel to just keep repeating the safe line, and not to get drawn into any discussion that might compromise him legally.
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