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08-22-2011, 10:38 AM
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Jack Layton, the leader of the official opposition in Canada, passed away this morning from the cancer he had been battling. He was one of Canada's most popular and prominent politicians. Even if you didn't like his views, it was hard not to like him as a person.
Please keep the politics out of this one.
lowsound
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08-22-2011, 10:54 AM
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The only one worth voting for is now dead ....... well .... back to square one.
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08-22-2011, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | I was very sad to hear that this morning. I didn't even know he was sick, it happened so fast.
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08-22-2011, 11:27 AM
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08-22-2011, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by R. Laevinus I was very sad to hear that this morning. I didn't even know he was sick, it happened so fast. | It was announced back in July that he had cancer again, it all happened very fast. I read that he was working on post-jack Layton party stuff up until late Saturday. Must have known that it was coming.
lowsound
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08-22-2011, 12:49 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | RIP Jack Layton. I don't know much about Canadian politics - I'm still stuck in Trudeaumania - but it's a reminder that the leaders we elect are human, and therefore mortal.
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08-22-2011, 12:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada | | R.I.P. Jack.
Bit of a shame, it took all these years to get the NDP to be in full oposition, instead of being part of a caucus, then this. Hope his successor can hold the party together.
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08-22-2011, 01:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Central Alberta | | | I was quite sad when I heard about it this morning. My girlfriend's a big NDP supporter, she'll be crushed hear this. |
08-22-2011, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound It was announced back in July that he had cancer again, it all happened very fast. I read that he was working on post-jack Layton party stuff up until late Saturday. Must have known that it was coming.
lowsound | I see, thanks for that. As I work in the public sector, I try to keep my head in the sand as far as politics goes; it seems to make life easier for me and those around me. Guess that I missed this one.
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08-22-2011, 01:22 PM
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08-22-2011, 01:35 PM
|  | NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | It's a damn shame. RIP. |
08-22-2011, 02:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario | | | His open letter to canadians is a tear jerker.....beautiful words...
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08-22-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jumbo_steelie His open letter to canadians is a tear jerker.....beautiful words... | I love his sign off.
"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
All my very best,
Jack Layton"
lowsound
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08-22-2011, 02:35 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Very sad. RIP Jack. |
08-22-2011, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | He and his party weren't my politics but you had to admire his passion. Huge loss for Canada and the NDP.
RIP Jack
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08-22-2011, 03:36 PM
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You will be missed. |
08-22-2011, 07:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Jack was a genuinely humane and thoughtful man with few faults.
As of the national Punch and Judy show of 2011 he also wound up being the only serious impediment to the phony left vs right ruling oligarchy.
Canadians from coast to coast may find this to be an eye-opener. Google:
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08-22-2011, 09:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, CANADA | | First thing I heard when the radio alarm clock went off this morning Majorly bummed out, and cried when I read his letter. He was so wonderful. |
08-22-2011, 10:29 PM
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08-23-2011, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by PersonalTraynor "The greatest Prime minister we never had"....
You will be missed. | Indeed. Couldn't believe when I heard it this morning.
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