Thursday, April 28, 2011

Behind the smile: Getting to know Jack Layton

The Globe and Mail:

He’s quick to laugh – at himself more often than at others. Even his detractors call him Smiling Jack.

He is more than a fair musician. Not only does he play guitar, he surprised journalists this week with an impromptu rendition of Hit the Road Jack on a grand piano in the lobby of a hotel in Saint John, N.B.

He is an experienced politician – the leader of what was the fourth party in the House of Commons who sometimes had trouble being heard.

But, with the NDP on track to make unprecedented electoral gains, it is time to ask what Canadians have really learned about Jack Layton.


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