From what I've been reading, Jack Layton sounds like he was a mensch, and Canada was lucky to have someone like him.

I was in Toronto last October; we stayed right by Toronto City Hall, and walked through the plaza every morning. It was fairly quiet then, but I'm glad I have that experience of the space to reflect on when looking at these pictures, the swell of hundreds, thousands of people paying tribute. Amazing.

(Also, the person writing legibly upside-down? I am impressed; I have a hard enough time doing that on a piece of paper!)