RIP

Canada lost a great citizen earlier today, the leader of the NDP and the Leader of the Opposition.

A true gentleman, and passionate advocate of the  disadvantaged, friend to the working class, and caring leader for his party.

He was a politician of a different ilk, a positive force and more of a man on the street than a man in a suit. May he rest in peace.

Jack Layton
1950 - 2011