What an exit! What a classy way to go out. Canada will not soon forget the last words in his very last public communication: “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear.”
Would such sentiments even have occurred to any other politician as their last will and testament? Would any other politician have been taken seriously had they written such words? Jack Layton’s final letter, I’m sure, will find its way into history books for decades to come – a sense of what Canada could be at its very best.
What a Canada he wanted us to become – a dominion of love and hope, of justice and equity, of inclusiveness and tolerance, of fairness and peace. On every issue he was on the side of the little guy, the underdog, and they knew they could always count on him.
Our bon Jack, un vrai mensch.
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