Jack

NDP Leader Jack Layton was fluently bilingual glib sometimes flashy full of energy and always mediafriendly He loved to entertain and uplift his coworkers with a strum on his guitar and spirit in his voice which wasnt particularly good but he sang with gusto Growing up in a political family Layton was a leftwing Toronto city councillor for 17 years and spent a year as head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities He became leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 2003 The NDP became the Official Opposition for the first time in history Going into the 2011 federal election Written by STAFF