Jack Layton in Popular Culture
Layton's life is to be portrayed in a television movie, Smilin' Jack: The Jack Layton Story with Rick Roberts as Layton and Sook-Yin Lee as Olivia Chow. The cast also includes Wendy Crewson and Erin Karpluk. It is scheduled for release in early 2013 on CBC Television.
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