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Originally Posted by sa226
Its funny that a bunch of the positive comments in this thread have an added disclaimer that the poster doesn't like Layton or the NDP.
Like him or not, Jack Layton provided the voter something that federal Canadian politics hadn't seen in quite some time; a charismatic and in some ways inspiring leader. How he earned the seats to become official opposition just went to show how starved Canadians are for a leader and not just a politician. This all in spite of having a hilarious platform that would have bankrupted the government.
He deserved a state funeral
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I know he was a feel good story because of his resurgence and battle with Cancer but I don't think Jack Layton was inspiring (politically) or charismatic.
He got lucky in one election because the federal liberals have been putting on a clinic over the last decade on how to turn a party's complete dominance of federal politics into a completely embarrassing #### show.
All that being said he was the leader of the official opposition and had a place in Canadian politics for a long time. I'm in the against a state funeral and spending $368k but only because of this thread. Had I read about this in the paper I probably would have skipped right over the story.