Don't Dianify Jack Layton

The funeral is done, the mourning crowds have dispersed, the media has turned to other things – but in the wake of Jack Layton’s too-early death at age 61, he has somehow become an icon, sanctified as a symbol for a better Canada. By dying at the peak of his political career, before he’d …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Monday August 29, 2011

Remembering Jack Layton

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Written by David Frum on Saturday August 27, 2011

In Death, Jack Layton Becomes an Icon

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Written by Peter Worthington on Tuesday August 23, 2011

Does Canada's NDP Need Jack Layton?

I doubt there are many Canadians who don’t feel a pang of sympathy, even empathy, with the New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton as he fights a new bout against cancer. The oddity, even tragedy of his present situation,  is that he’s at the peak of his career – he has almost iconic …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday July 28, 2011