Jack Layton is dead... Jack Layton is dead... those words still don't sound right, even though they've been true for two days now. During the recent election he was bursting with energy and inspiring the nation. Only a month a ago I
wrote about the NDP's "temporary loss" and talked about Layton retiring some time "a long way down the road". Then one morning I woke up and he was dead.
He sure had me fooled. Now his energy and determination during the election seems doubly admirable. I didn't agree with everything he stood for, but I respected him because he had vision, he had tenacity, and he had honour, even while he was dying.
This may not be theologically correct, and this may be cliché, but
Rest In Peace, Jack Layton.
