The late NDP Leader Jack Layton raises his cane as he takes to the stage in Vancouver in 2011. "Hiding health challenges worked in the past. Furthermore, revelations of health challenges, far from belittling a politician, often result in admiration and respect from voters. Jack Layton, the revered former leader of the NDP federal Opposition, revealed his diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2010. If politicians can’t have privacy when they are hit with health challenges, let’s at least support them.

Source: thestar September 18, 2016 10:07 UTC