Layton, 61, the charismatic leader of Canada's official opposition, died on August 22, 2011 just months after guiding his New Democratic Party to its strongest ever performance in the May federal election.
National Affairs WriterBy Linda Diebel
Theirs is a love story for the ages.
Jack Layton and Olivia Chow, who couldn’t stop holding hands over dinner in a Greek restaurant in his Danforth riding or leaning in to share a private joke with blushes and apologies, seemed to complete each other. She sometimes cut his meat, he bundled her in his jacket against the cold. They finished each other’s sentences and shared a passion for politics and Swedish thrillers, dinners with family and canoeing along northern rivers.
======================================================Invisible millions pay price of statelessness
LONDON, Aug 23 (AlertNet) - Rejected by the countries they call home and denied the most basic of rights, stateless people live in a shadowy limbo -- in the words of one such person, like being "between the earth and the sky."
Up to 15 million people are stateless, not recognized as nationals by any country. They are some of the most invisible people on the planet -- an anonymity the United Nations hopes to lift when it launches an international campaign on Thursday to highlight their plight. Full Story>>>
