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Sam Vurton, 57, from Mississauga write a message about Jack Layton on the wall at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, August 22, 2012 on the one year anniversary of Layton's death.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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A portrait of the late NDP Leader Jack Layton is drawn in chalk at a memorial to mark the one year anniversary of his passing in Toronto on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.Michelle Siu/The Canadian Press

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Olivia Chow, wife of the late Jack Layton, writes a message of love with chalk on a wall outside Toronto City Hall on the anniversary of Layton's death Aug 22, 2012.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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A woman writes a message in chalk on the wall outside Toronto City hall Aug 22, 2012 on the anniversary of the death of Jack Layton.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Olivia Chow, wife of the late Jack Layton, looks at messages along a wall outside Toronto City Hall on the anniversary of Layton's death Aug 22, 2012.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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People gather along a chalk signed wall outside Toronto City hall Aug 22, 2012 on the anniversary of the death of Jack Layton.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Olivia Chow, wife of the late Jack Layton, and son Mike arrive for ceremony at Toronto City Hall on the anniversary of Layton's death Aug 22, 2012.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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A person cries during an event marking the one year anniversary of Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton's passing in Toronto on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.MWS/The Canadian Press

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Ottawa city councillor Alex Cullen attends a vigil for former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton on Parliament Hill in Ottawa August 22, 2012. Layton died on August 22, 2011.BLAIR GABLE/Reuters

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On the steps of Parliament Hill a photograph of Jack Layton is surrounded with flowers, a bottle of Orange Crush and other messages to commemorate the first anniversary of Layton's death during a gathering on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Wednesday, August 22, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press

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