Toronto's city council has voted to strip its scandal-plagued mayor Rob Ford of many of his powers after a heated debate where he knocked over a female councillor.
The council voted to cut his office budget by 60% and allow mayoral staff to join the deputy mayor.
Members of the public chanted "Shame! Shame!" at the mayor.
In chaotic scenes caught on camera Mr Ford is shown running across the council chamber straight into councillor Pam McConnell, who falls to the ground.
Another councillor asked him to apologise and Mr Ford said he was rushing to the defence of his brother, city councillor Doug Ford.
"I picked her up," Rob Ford said. "I ran around because I thought my brother was getting into an altercation."
Visibly shaken after being run over, Ms McConnell, a petite woman in her 60s, said she never expected the chaos that broke out.
Mr Ford now effectively has no legislative power as he will no longer chair the executive committee.
But he keeps his title and ability to represent Toronto at official functions.
Mr Ford has vowed to take the council to court Mr Ford, 44, has admitted smoking crack and buying illegal drugs over the past two years.
Outbursts caught on camera and claims he verbally abused his aides and entertained a prostitute have added to the controversy.
Defending himself in an interview with CNN, he said: "If someone would have said, came up to me and said, 'Have you ever smoked crack? Have you ever smoked weed? I would have said, 'Yeah, I have'.
"But when you come and accuse me of being a crack addict and say, 'Do you smoke crack?' No I don't. Have I? Yeah, OK. Have I drank, have I acted like an idiot when I drank? Yeah, I did."
The latest council motion is the strongest possible measure it can adopt against Mr Ford since it does not have the power to remove a mayor unless there is a criminal conviction.
Mr Ford has vowed to take the council to court and insists he will seek re-election next year.
"It's a coup d'etat - that's all this is," he said as he arrived at City Hall on Monday.
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