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RIP, Mr. Layton.
Aug. 22nd, 2011 09:45 amMy favourite politician on the national stage, the man who took the NDP from an afterthought party to the Official Opposition while fighting cancer, succumbed to it early this morning.
He was a voice for the left, a voice that fought against the framing of debate by the political right. If he had a political fault, it was that he reacted and fought against generally more than he created and fought for. But he always fought, and he believed passionately in his party's ideals.
The NDP has a long road ahead of it, to build a party that can maintain its gains in the face of the loss of so charismatic and valiant a leader.
He was a voice for the left, a voice that fought against the framing of debate by the political right. If he had a political fault, it was that he reacted and fought against generally more than he created and fought for. But he always fought, and he believed passionately in his party's ideals.
The NDP has a long road ahead of it, to build a party that can maintain its gains in the face of the loss of so charismatic and valiant a leader.