Jack Layton Dead
Aug. 22nd, 2011 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiki_engCBC Obituary
I don't really have any comment on this right now, it just feels significant and worth passing on.
ETA: The Star has a slide show of Layton.
I was thinking about trying to provide some context for this, especially for people who don't follow Canadian politics, so, here goes: This is a man who led the NDP (social-democrat/centre-left party) to the greatest number of seats that it has ever held federally. The election that happened in early May of this year, for all that the Prime Minister didn't change, was one that saw a huge change in the country's political landscape. This is an historically significant event in Canadian Politics. I got a phone call about this. I am making tea.
ETA2:merrily has written a post about Jack Layton that I recommend reading.
ETA3: Layton wrote a kind of goodbye letter on the 20th.
I don't really have any comment on this right now, it just feels significant and worth passing on.
ETA: The Star has a slide show of Layton.
I was thinking about trying to provide some context for this, especially for people who don't follow Canadian politics, so, here goes: This is a man who led the NDP (social-democrat/centre-left party) to the greatest number of seats that it has ever held federally. The election that happened in early May of this year, for all that the Prime Minister didn't change, was one that saw a huge change in the country's political landscape. This is an historically significant event in Canadian Politics. I got a phone call about this. I am making tea.
ETA2:
merrily has written a post about Jack Layton that I recommend reading.ETA3: Layton wrote a kind of goodbye letter on the 20th.