Smiling Jack

'I'm just an upbeat individual, it comes from my Dad': NDP Leader Jack Layton

Campaign 2004 made Jack Layton the first media subject in Canadian political history who smiled too much for his own good. It was the unnerving grin that finally prompted media suspicions there is less to Layton than meets the eye. It's the mirthless, Stepford smile Layton wears for hours at a ti...

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