Crackgate en · PROPN
Etymology
From crack (cocaine) + -gate.
Meanings
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A 2013 scandal involving reports of then-mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
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 election, there was no political terminology to describe his standing post-Crackgate.
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, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023:It's not all high fives and fist bumps, though. Over at Queen's Park, the unravelling of the biggest Ford fiasco since Crackgate has led to a mounting list of humiliations and resignations—and proof that what happens in Vegas rarely stays there.
2023 September 26, Courtney Shea, “Winners and Losers: The Greenbelt scandal”, in Toronto Life, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023: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 original on 02 Oct 2023: