atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Two personal attributes leap to mind upon meeting George Smitherman in his sky-high downtown condo: overwhelming confidence and the kind of energy that blasts you back on your heels.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Friends say George Smitherman has mellowed with marriage. Pundits notice a softer side emerging. It might be love, or maybe the mayoral candidate is planning to make nice at City Hall
blogTO (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Photo: "loss" by yourhandinmine , member of the blogTO Flickr pool . What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond): Both the Star and the Globe have prominent features on upcoming mayoral candidate George Smitherman. It's interesting to note the different approaches the writers take in alternately describing Smitherman as a " big bully " and a " tamer,...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Raised in the white-bread stretches of Etobicoke, George Smitherman is the son of a tenacious man who built up his own trucking company while Mom raised the kids. His parents divorced when he was 11. Competitive by nature, Mr. Smitherman got hooked on politics at 15 while watching the televised defeat of Joe Clark's Conservative government on a non-confidence vote in 1979. The...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
When it comes to talk, George Smitherman was never big on the notion that less is more. Dalton McGuinty used to be. But even the premier seems to have converted to the Church of the Blessed Hyperbole.
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Back in September I reported on the open secret that George Smitherman , provincial parliamentarian from the Liberal Party and deputy premier , was strongly considering running for the position of Mayor of Toronto. He's come out. After months of speculation, George Smitherman is making the move to municipal politics. Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Energy Minister confirmed...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Ontario Premier McGuinty has accepted the resignation of George Smitherman, who is noticeable for being a public gay, from office to compete for mayor of Toronto, the Office of the Premier said Monday. "Today my colleague George Smitherman informed me he would be resigning his posts as Deputy Premier and Minister for Energy and Infrastructure in order to run for the...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The usually bold George Smitherman stepped gingerly into Toronto city politics yesterday with a suggestion he'd focus more on controlling spending than hiking taxes.
blogTO (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Photo: "Mural - DSC 0926 ep" by ericparker , member of the blogTO Flickr pool . What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond): George Smitherman has declared that he will be resigning from his post as minister of energy and infrastructure in the provincial cabinet to prepare for his bid to be Toronto's next mayor in 2010. He's either banking on memories being short, forgiveness...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
George Smitherman is brushing aside suggestions that he is running for the Toronto mayoralty in order to sidestep some of the political muck generated by the eHealth scandal.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
George Smitherman confirmed today that's he walking away from the number two job in Ontario politics to take a shot at the Toronto mayor's chair.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
George Smitherman, the son of an Etobicoke truck driver, is giving up the second biggest job in the province, deputy premier, to pursue his dream of becoming mayor of Toronto.
The Progressive Right (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I wish George Smitherman luck in his run for mayor. I, on the other hand, hold out hope for another candidate .
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Premier released this statement today: **** November 8, 2009 “Today my colleague George Smitherman informed me he would be resigning his posts as Deputy Premier and Minister for Energy and Infrastructure in order to run for the Mayoralty of Toronto. He will be staying on as the MPP for Toronto Centre for a short time while he [...]
blogTO (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Photo: "Fly a kite" by Lizzie's Libation , member of the blogTO Flickr pool . What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond): 2010 mayoral hopefuls George Smitherman and John Tory squared off face-to-face on CFRB Newstalk 1010 last night, in what was being touted as the first opportunity for battle lines to be drawn. Smitherman wasn't impressed that Tory allowed...
