Jack Layton was a man who genuinely believed in what he stood for and that in politics is rare. Canada has lost an icon today and one that had one goal, not to bask in power, not to make a great salary, but to try to make the world a better place. Regardless where you stood about him, or his party, if one thing is for certain, at least Jack Layton cared.
At the age of 61, cancer won its last battle. At 4:45 am, Layton’s wife and children confirmed that he passed away.
In 2008, Stephen harper was reluctant to take notice of the coming recession and denied its existence until it hit hard. On the eve of the storm’s arrival, Harper faked an election to try to get a majority, thinking that the recession would be his downfall if he didn’t. He fell short of a majority and rode through the storm taking almost every demand the sharp-bladed opposition shoved at him.
It isn’t everyday that you hear of a federal opposition leader being secretly a part of a separatist party in the past. It isn’t everyday that the same person has two memberships with separatist parties and tries to brush them off saying that she believed in every value but separation. With two parties under her wing that share the separatist trait, and with 5 years of loyalty to them, it is no secret that she is a separatist and well, the NDP could have done much better than her anyway.
