Excerpts: Jack Layton Eulogy – Reverend Brent Hawkes. “It’s about making the world a better place for those who will come after us. Yes, in life, there will be disappointments. Cancer, yes, in life, we will have the death of those close to us. And it’s about how we face those situations, those disappointments and how we get back up and where we go from here.” “When all of the talking is done, when all of the tributes are done, when the chalk is washed away on the concrete at City Hall, when our crying finally stops, the legacy of Jack Layton will not be in how much power you have, it will be in how all of us exercise our personal power for a better world. It will be in our actions and how we take those actions together.

Yes, bring your passion, but also bring your compassion. Yes, bring your agendas for what you want to accomplish, but also bring a commitment on how we can accomplish that together. Yes, bring your seriousness about serious issues but also have fun – sing together and pick up a harmonica once in a while. And it’s about remembering, about remembering to say, ‘Hi Brent. How’s John doing?’”