Jack Layton Dies of an Undisclosed Cancer

Cancer affects everyone even the greatest politicians of this world. Colon cancer is a disease that affects many Canadians each year. In 2011, over 25,000 men had developed prostate cancer. Close to 5,000 men have died have died from this form of cancer. The good news is that this cancer can be beat. There is roughly a 96 percent survival rate after 5 years from the time of diagnosis. Canadians including Montrealers over the age of 50 should go to the hospital for a colonoscopy at least every five years to protect themselves against this disease.

Unfortunately, sometimes people survive the colon cancer but go on to develop another form of cancer.

Jack Layton did not survive his cancer

This Montreal examiner is watching the funeral services of one of the greatest politicians of all time. Jack Layton, died, he was truly the man of the people, something you rarely see in politics today. He believed in a Canada where everyone could live without discrimination, where no one had to go to food banks to eat, where there was affordable housing for those who needed it, where seniors got all the services they needed, where food prices were reasonable so people could actually eat, where there were jobs for everyone and jobs that paid more than minimum wage, where Canadians could get a proper education after high school at a decent cost, where day care was affordable for those who needed it, where families got help for daycare, or home care for the sick, and seniors got a decent raise in their pensions, and job training programs for the unskilled to better their lives.

He believed in the people and had very little patience for government rhetoric and spending money on things that did not profit the people, but profited big business or the coffers of the government.

Jack Layton was a truly special man. He was loved by the people of Quebec. He was a Quebec home grown boy. Quebec wanted change and sent a clear message to parliament this last election. They wanted the government to do something for them this time around. They were tired of the old parties who never had their interests in mind.

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