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Remembering Jack Layton at Nathan Phillips Square

Colin Carmichael — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:29:35 +0000

I have been pretty quiet about the passing of Jack Layton. I hesitated to acknowledge his death publicly because I disagreed with him, and his NDP colleagues, on so many things it seemed disingenuous to suddenly gush about him simply because he had died. Then I saw this photo.

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Taken by Jackman Chiu yesterday, the image captures a fleeting moment in Canadian political history that I doubt will ever be repeated. Indeed, the chalk remembrances created in Nathan Phillips Square were washed clean just hours later by a powerful storm.

Jack Layton was the most remarkable politician this country has seen in decades. Remarkable not for his ideas or policies or electoral successes but for his ability to say “Follow me” and elicit a response like this. I can think of only one other politician who so deftly seduced Canadians with equal amounts of charm and tenacity. It will be interesting to see now if their sons can follow their fathers into the hearts of Canadians.

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More new photos…

Colin Carmichael — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:40:49 +0000

Just so I don’t run into the 4 month lag again, I uploaded some more photos to our Flickr account.

Among my favourites:

Update: I’ve tuned the family photo, as reflected above and on the Flickr page…

New Photos…

Colin Carmichael — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:29:02 +0000

I just uploaded 70 photos to our Flickr account – we had a 4-month backlog!