City Hall tribute to Jack Layton

The lineup to go by Jack Layton’s casket stretched around the block. Chalked messages were throughout Nathan Phillips Square and a crowd surrounded this makeshift memorial. jack Layton will be remembered a state funeral. Some of Layton’s ashes will be planted along with a memorial tree at the cemetery affiliated with Wyman United Church in Hudson, Que., where Layton was raised. Some ashes will also be scattered on the Toronto Islands, where Layton married his wife MP Olivia Chow in 1988. Picture courtesy Yonge and Roxborough News