Transcript of Mayor Rob Ford’s remarks to reporters Monday after his press secretary, George Christopoulos, and deputy press secretary, Isaac Ransom, abruptly resigned amid a deepening scandal.

Mayor Rob Ford: “First of all I want to start off by apologizing to each and every one of you about derogatory comments I made on my radio show with respects to the media. I’m sure you understand that this has been a very stressful week for myself and my family but that doesn’t justify using the terminology I did to describe the media. So I sincerely apologize to each and every one of you. I understand you have a job to do. It’s been bothering me a lot. I know we agree and disagree on some issues, most of the time, some of the time, but it’s time to move on.

Secondly, I want to inform you that George Christopoulos and Isaac Ransom have decided to go into a different avenue, or down a different avenue. And I was informed about this at approximately 12 o’clock noon today and I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavours and I thank them for working hard in this office. And that’s it, it’s business as usual. We have our executive committee tomorrow and we’re just soldiering on. There’s going to be one minor move that I’m making — I’m bringing Amin Massoudi, Doug’s executive assistant, and he’s going to be communications director moving on, in my office as of today.”