August 26, 2011. Toronto Canada. Jack Layton, leader of New Democratic Party of Canada died after losing his battle with cancer.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada. August 26, 2011. Following his death on August 22, 2011, Canadians across the country spoke out expressing their feelings for the NDP leader who had taken his party to the largest electoral win earlier in the year. In Toronto, the city where Jack Layton started his political career individuals wrote messages in chalk at Nathan Phillips Squre. Dubbed the "Chalk Memorial" the entire square was covered with messages.

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