A year ago today… Jack Layton Posted on August 22, 2012December 1, 2014by Peter Kraiker “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” Jack Layton, Aug 20, 2011 It has been a year since this great man passed away. He is still remembered, still missed.