Relentless Work Ethic: Colleagues

Executive Dept: But the former teenaged office cleaner, U of T grad and executive has, those colleagues say, propelled herself to the front of the pack through an immigrant s relentless work ethic and a lack of guile rare in politics, according to The Star. When you re in politics and you re a woman, you have to be conscious of that; people see that as a sign of weakness. I was really mad at myself, she says with a shrug. It s part of who I am. I was thinking about my mom and the life that we had and what I had to do and ana Bail o arrived on city council without the political lineage of some of her fellow rookies, or the ready-made profile of the ex-school trustees. Bail o, 35, says she tried not to get emotional Wednesday while asking council to take control of any future outsourcing of city cleaning jobs. Her motion already had majority support, but perhaps picked up a vote or two after she choked back tears recalling scrubbing offices with her mom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.