His policies were more often than not ridiculous, and many of us said that he would have a tough time delivering all the promises he was throwing around during the election cycle. I think he was only successful because people were pretty sick and tired of the Liberals, and Quebec wanted to get the separatists out, but had a tough time trusting the Conservatives, and the NDP promised them more.
I have no idea if he should get a state funeral or not. He is leader of the opposition and served the public for over 30 years. I find his 'dying' letter to be a bit sickening actually, but politicians are a different breed, and Jack was a politician to the core, so from his viewpoint I can see why he would write it.
The best thing Jack did was to help destroy the Liberals, and force them to go back to the drawing board. Hopefully from there we'll get the fiscally responsible/socially liberal party that they SHOULD be.
But either way, as leader of the opposition and someone who has been in government for a long time, I would probably agree with the state funeral.
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