Jack Layton passed away this morning.  Very sad- seems to have happened so quickly.  If you haven't read his open letter to Canadians, written days before his death, google it.  It's lovely.  The last line reads...

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world"

All my very best,

Jack Layton