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Kate 07:51 on 2011/08/22 Permalink Reply
NDP leader Jack Layton has died
NDP leader Jack Layton has died after a recurrence of his cancer. A great loss to Canada, we may never know how great.
Later: nice accolade from Paul Wells. Also the PDF file of the letter left by Layton and I see on Facebook that people are planning a memorial vigil tonight at the Cartier monument starting at 8.
Later again: a nice anecdote on Metafilter in a thoughtful thread there.
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William 09:48 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
150 years after “responsible government” entered Canada’s vocabulary, Jack Layton finally drove us away from adversarial politics towards consensus, transparency and debate. We have a responsibility to continue his work on improving our democracy.
ben 11:00 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
It’s very very sad news.
Charles 11:06 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
It’s a real shock. Even sick, he seemed more alive than most people.
david m. 12:11 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
a terrible terrible loss. damn.
Ian 18:01 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
”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.” – Jack Layton, August 20, 2011.
walkerp 20:10 on 2011/08/22 Permalink
Just passed by the vigil. It was a pretty good turnout, maybe around 1,000 people, some speakers, nice vibe. Beautiful night. Felt like the planet was honouring Jack.
Kate 00:00 on 2011/08/23 Permalink
Yes, I was there. Radio-Canada has a brief report on the scene.
Ryan 07:44 on 2011/08/23 Permalink
Nice, perfectly timed piece by Christie Blatchford in the National Post.
It seems that some people have lost sense of the word “decency”.
Kate 11:53 on 2011/08/23 Permalink
@Ryan, I know the piece you mean but I’m not dignifying it with a link.
It used to be that conservatives prided themselves on their old-school manners and civilization in the face of a wave of lefty anarchism. These days they’re more notable for pissing on any manifestation of finer feelings.