“To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don’t be discouraged that my own journey hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped,”
john gilbert “jack” layton, pc, mp (july 18, 1950 – august 22, 2011) was a canadian social democratic politician and the leader of the official opposition of the 41st canadian parliament. he was the leader of the new democratic party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on toronto city council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of toronto. he was the member of parliament for the constituency of toronto—danforth from 2004 until his death. [wikipedia]
