Jack Layton (1950 – 2011)
Canadian social democratic politician, leader of the New Democratic Party (2003–2011) and Leader of the Opposition (2011).
Why has he closed the door on Canada Post? Here's a guy who says he was a terrific manager of the economy and all things economic yet he's shut down our postal service. It's certainly the wrong thing to do and it sends a very bad signal out to the working people that tromp up and down our sidewalks and deliver our mail ... that he doesn't really respect the bargaining process.
Layton: After all these years of inaction, will the Prime Minister finally get something done and do something the former government would not do and that is to cancel the subsidies to big oil and big ass--I mean big gas and start putting--
Stephen Harper: Mr. Speaker, I promise to get to the bottom of it.