McGuinty 'proud' of Minister who beat drug addiction
Not only is George Smitherman an admitted Cocaine Addict. His Wife Christopher Peloso was a Drug dependant for his own medical disturbances.
This did not stop the Toronto Children's Aid Society from adopting out 2 children to this Defunct Couple.
George Smitherman has been instrumental in protecting children of ontario with a toronto pesticide ban, but there may be no protection for the children that were placed into his care.
Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, found dead – Toronto – CBC News.
George Smitherman’s growing family
George Smitherman is overjoyed about his soon-to-be growing family.
STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO
George Smitherman hugs his son Michael as he delivers his concession speech after losing the Toronto mayoral election on Oct. 25, 2010. Smitherman and his partner Christopher Peloso are adopting another child through the Toronto Children’s Aid Society.
By: Katie Daubs Staff Reporter, Published on Tue Oct 25 2011
George Smitherman is overjoyed about his soon-to-be growing family.
Smitherman confirmed to the Star Tuesday night that he and his partner, Christopher Peloso, are in the midst of adopting their second child, a little girl. The news comes exactly one year after Torontonians met Smitherman’s adopted son, Michael, on election night 2010.
“Michael is really excited to have a little sister,” Smitherman said.
His daughter is not with the family yet, he said, and the process is still ongoing. Although he couldn’t say a specific age, Smitherman said she is “younger.”
“The law around adoption says you can’t say very much. It’s the same as with Michael. People met him, I guess a year ago today on election night and we’d known him for months and months,” he said.
Michael will soon turn 3, he added.
Since losing to Rob Ford in last year’s mayoral election, the former deputy premier has been focusing on family and business ventures. He is an adviser for Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone, an incubator for startups, and is building own company, G and G Global Solutions, which helps local business expand into markets abroad, and helps foreign companies expand into Canada.
In February 2010, after two years of effort, Smitherman announced that he and Peloso had been “approved in principle” by the Toronto Children’s Aid Society to adopt their first child. The same agency is involved in the current adoption.
After learning he would not be mayor on election night last year, Smitherman held Michael, a week after he officially became his son, and gave a speech to the crowd of supporters.
“What’s next for me? You’ve seen what’s next for me: his name is Michael and he’s 23 months old,” he said at the time.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/10/25/george_smithermans_growing_family.html
McGuinty 'proud' of Minister who beat drug addiction
GUELPH – Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday he didn't know Ontario's Health Minister had a past that included addiction to illegal drugs, but insisted he is proud of George Smitherman's ability to beat the problem and to publicly admit to it.
