Jack Layton thought he had beaten cancer. But he died this week, at the age of 61. There will be a state funeral in Toronto for him today, and the mourning in Canada crosses all party lines.

Jack Layton, a 30-year veteran of community organizing, member of parliament representing Toronto, and the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), had succumbed to an aggressive form of ...

Jack Layton, who has had to temporarily step as leader of Canada’s social-democratic party due to ill health, ... Jack Layton’s right-wing record. Richard Dufour. 30 July 2011 ...

The Right Honorable Jack Layton, a member of the Canadian Parliament, and a charismatic politician who guided the New Democrat Party (NDP) into the position of being the dominant opposition party ...

Friends and colleagues remember Jack Layton. “In my last letter to Jack, after he had announced that he was taking time to fight his cancer, I assured him that his legacy was already assured.

Jack Layton, the charismatic leader of Canada's official opposition, died on Monday just months after guiding his New Democratic Party to its strongest ever performance in the May federal election.

Jack Layton's son is my representative on Toronto City Council. ... Think about it. A man who has had prostate cancer and hip surgery, traipsing the country, coast to coast to coast, ...