Jack Layton left Canadians with a powerful message — imploring us to embrace our collective future with love, hope, and optimism. Jack wanted to move us to action, to get building a better Canada.

On the eve of the first anniversary of his passing, Dear Jack was an opportunity to write back, renewing our collective commitment to Jack’s dream.

Thousands get engaged and spread the word – both online & off.

There were display messages in parks, at school, at work. And many shared their expressions here.

This site hosts those words, photos, and videos (via YouTube or Vimeo).

Spread the word, change the world.

Dear Jack was organized by:

Thank you to:

• Sarah Layton
• Mike Layton
• Olivia Chow
• David Layton
• Nancy Layton
• Robert Layton
• Bob Gallagher
• Joe Cressy
• Kathleen Monk
• Laura Ziemba
• Rick Devereux
• George Jennings
• John Hall
• Don Gauthier

• Nathan Rotman
• Pam Kapoor
• Winnie Ng
• Mike Penny
• Mike Fancie
• Kevin Dorse
• Jeff Pontes
• Adrian Kostic
• Sue Milling
• Anne McGrath
• Brian Topp
• James Valcke

• Eiman Zarrug
• Susan Kwong
• Catherine Henry
• Nycole Turmel
• Shawn Dearn
• Amy Boughner
• Nammi Poorooshasb
• Rob Cottingham
• Ira Dubinsky
• Audra Williams
• Canada News Wire
• Ricardo Filippone
• Julien Faille-Lefrançois

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