Condolence books across the country for Jack Layton

From coast to coast to coast Tuesday, New Democrat constituency offices will be open for Canadians to drop by and sign books of condolence for Jack Layton. Canadians are invited to leave messages or share stories about how Mr. Layton touched their lives.

PHOTO CREDIT - The Toronto Star

Ottawa - Aug. 23, 2011 - From coast to coast to coast Tuesday, New Democrat constituency offices will be open for Canadians to drop by and sign books of condolence for Jack Layton.

Canadians are invited to leave messages or share stories about how Mr. Layton touched their lives.

For those that cannot make it in person, they can go online to www.ndp.ca and click on Express your Condolences to leave a message about Jack Layton and what he meant to them.

Mr. Layton's family has asked that in lieu of flowers - and to continue the work of making Canada a better place - donations be made instead to The Broadbent Institute, in memoriam.

Donations to the Broadbent Institute can be made online at: www.ndp.ca/inmemory or sent to:

The Broadbent Institute
c/o Canada’s New Democrats
300-279 Laurier St W
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5J9