Outside of politics, Layton was a ‘fish in water,’ it taught him a lot

It was scarcely sunrise in Vancouver and Canada's Olympic swim coach Tom Johnson was remembering the last time he spoke with Jack Layton. "It was two months ago; he sent me photos of when we were nine years old," Johnson said. The collection of snapshots showed the boys poolside in Hudson, Que. ...

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