I’m not very political for an assortment of reasons that will probably come up at some point in an argument between Scott and I. However, even based solely on the fact that he’s posing with a pint of beer at Cage aux Sports in a vintage Habs hockey sweater I think Jack Layton was a pretty stand up Canadian. Fun fact: I found that photo by Google Image searching “Jack Layton Awesome”. It was the 5th image result. There’s another image of Jack Layton lower in the article that didn’t show up in that image search, but trust me, it is equally awesome.
Jack Layton passed away this morning losing a battle to cancer at age 61. He had been diagnosed over a year ago and just a few weeks ago stepped down from politics. In an interesting American’s take on Jack, check out Greg Proops’ podcast “The Smartest Man in The World” episode that he recorded in Montreal: Beavers.
Jack Layton was the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party or NDP as its called on the mean streets of Canada. The first leader of the NDP in the 60s and 70s was Tommy Douglas who was voted once as the greatest Canadian of all time for inventing medicare. Thanks Tommy. Those are some big shoes to fill Jack. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
