Rob Ford parody float featured at Mardi Gras parade

A larger-than-life replica of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe was featured front and centre in a Mardi Gras parade float sending up headline-grabbing Canadian celebrities.

The "Canadian Club" float ribbed Ford for his admitted drug use, and sported mockup Toronto Star newspaper headlines blaring "Mayor Ford: 'So I smoked a little crack"' and "I was in a drunken stupor."

A brief video posted online shows smoke billowing out from the Ford float's crack pipe as it rolled down a New Orleans street Friday night.

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Above: an Instagram video if the Krewe d'Etat Canada float from the CBC's Tracey Lindeman.

Painted on the side of the float were caricatures of Justin Bieber who faces drug use allegations in Florida clutching a smoky bong and former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson holding a sign reading "Remember me?"

Ford was making local headlines again this week when he challenged the city's police chief to publicly detail the cost of a
long-standing police investigation into his activities sparked by reports of a purported Ford crack cocaine video.

The mayor, who is running for re-election, accused Chief Bill Blair of waging a politically motivated campaign and dared the top cop to "arrest me," insisting he has done nothing wrong.