Jack Layton Dead at 61 as Canadian Opposition Leader
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Jack Layton Dead at 61 as Canadian Opposition Leader
Layton, the head of the progressive New Democratic Party, died of cancer this morning at the age of 61. As I noted on this site at the time, Layton’s NDP won astonishing gains in this spring’s Canadian elections, transforming the country’s political landscape while electing six – yes, six – activist undergraduate students to the country’s parliament.
