Jack Layton
Jack Layton
John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PCwas a Canadian politician and Leader of the Official Opposition. He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, occasionally holding the title of acting mayor or deputy mayor of Toronto during his tenure as city councillor. He was the Member of Parliament for Toronto—Danforth from 2004 until his death...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1950
CityMontreal, Canada
CountryCanada
It's not fair that prices have risen so quickly -- so rapidly -- because the product that is for sale was purchased (before the hurricane) at prices that were much lower by the companies. So there's some profiteering going on here,
What we need to do is stand up for ourselves when we're unfairly treated.
the only leader in this House that will not compromise.
Unfortunately it has become clear that Paul Martin and his team are not cut from the same cloth as Lester Pearson or Pierre Trudeau. And so, most Canadians think it's time for a change.
We are a democratic party. I respect and support the decision that has been made.
We're encouraged that Mr. Harper appears to have taken some of our concerns into account. If Mr. Harper is serious about making this Parliament work, we will be open to working with him.
The question is if Mr. Martin will realize that he needs the support of other parties to get things done or not. We will be putting some proposals in front of the House and convince other parties to support them. However, at the present time there is no discussion of some sort of an agreement,
They need a new community on higher ground,
They're about dimes and dollars. A few dimes to you in tax cuts, many, many dollars to banks and oil companies.
As it stands at the moment, if there's a motion of non-confidence on the table in the House, we will not be supporting or indicating confidence in the government.
This avoids the holiday election that nobody wants,
How we vote now will be determined by whether meaningful action can occur on some of the areas that we outlined a few weeks ago,
That doesn't seem right to me. Canadians paid for this.
They'll be working overtime to put spins on the ball so that they can try to control how Canadians respond to the report,