Mel Lastman is the outspoken longtime mayor of North York, Ontario , Canada , and the first mayor of the megacity of Toronto .
- "When have you ever heard the United States take the blame for anything? This is no different."
- when questioned on the origins of the 2003 US-Canada blackout
- "What the hell do I want to go to a place like Mombassa?... I just see myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing around me."
- before leaving for Kenya in 2001 to promote Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympics. The comment spark a flood of criticism. Later on Lastman explained the comment was caused by irritation from his then secret condition of having hepatitis.
