RIP Jack Layton

[Riff Raff]

Leader of the opposition in our federal government passed away this morning.
Leader of the New Democratic party he leaves behind a wife, 2 daughters and a grad daughter.

One thing I truly admire about Jack is that when the mud slinging would begin, there was a line he wouldn't cross when it came to personal attacks. The other leaders act like most every politician but Jack always seemed just a tad more honourable.

RIP Jack.

[TranaGreg]

yeah, a sad day up here in Canada. 61 years old, just took his party from relative obscurity to being the official opposition based on a platform of social justice.

You know a man is respected when our business-oriented papers open with sentences like this:

Jack Layton’s passing leaves a hole in the moral centre of Canadian political life.

[Riff Raff]

One of the few politicians I would believe he meant it when if he said "head or gut" - i'd know it wasn't going to end up balls or between the shoulder blades.