Jack Layton Quotes

He's put a lock on the door of the House of Commons and he refuses to face the people of Canada through their elected representatives

We have not made these choices lightly, Our decision was made in the full seriousness and clear knowledge of what is at stake.

This debate is coming down essentially to two visions — Mr. Harper's vision for Canada and my vision for Canada, and to a decision to be made by people disappointed by Mr. (Stephane) Dion

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.

I ask you to join me in saying that enough is enough with Liberal arrogance and scandals and enough to the vote-buying promises of the Conservatives. There's a better choice, a third option, the NDP

I believe that when Paul Martin cancelled affordable housing across this country it produced a dramatic rise in homelessness and deaths due to homelessness and I've always said I hold him responsible for that.

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters.

This gorgeous Chinese girl gets up and I fell in love instantly.

We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.

If it's a flash it's been an awfully long flash. I've been around for 20 years in one of the largest media and political markets in the country, so I'd call it more of a slow burn.