Bibliograph

Unconventional candour, George Smitherman

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Unconventional candour, George Smitherman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unconventional candour

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

George Smitherman

Summary

George Smitherman tells all about his successes and failures as a politician - in Ontario's legislature and in Toronto's city hall - and shares the joys and sorrows of his personal life. From modest beginnings, George Smitherman rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in Ontario and then plummeted, defeated by one of the most notorious: Rob Ford. This memoir takes readers on the roller-coaster ride of his career and his personal life as a gay man struggling with the constraints of society and family. Smitherman offers candid insights into the hardball politics of city hall and the provincial legislature, as well as the Liberal government under Dalton McGuinty, including accomplishments like prescription drug reforms and the green energy plan, and the so-called eHealth, Ornge, and gas plant scandals. He reveals how he lost the mayoral race but managed to rebound from that defeat, as well from the suicide of his husband

Target audience

adult

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