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Thursday June 20th 2013

Jack Layton’s ‘passion, civility’ honoured at funeral


Jack Layton’s family, friends and politicians from all parties joined thousands of members of the public to celebrate the life of the NDP leader at a state funeral Saturday in Toronto, where he was hailed as a caring, passionate voice in Canadian politics who died “at the pinnacle of his career.”

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