"On a day-to-day basis, Jack Layton and the NDP were the only people putting up resistance on behalf of those Canadians not enamoured of the Tories."

Michael Harris, Ottawa Sun, 27 June 2008

"The NDP leader was talking about economic woes before the downturn really hit the headlines and highlighting the growing prosperity gap in Canada. In question period, Layton consistently asks good, pointed questions of the government."

Toronto Star political “report card,” 23 June 2008

“I am so proud today when I walk in here to see the Leader of the NDP, Jack Layton! … Jack Layton, and Peggy Nash, and the rest of their party every day stand up in Ottawa and fight on behalf of working people. That’s what our government should be doing!”

Chris Buckley, CAW 222 President at a rally outside the Oshawa GM plant

"This is a great victory for the NDP under your leadership. Such targets are really important, and they do influence the debate overseas, particularly in places like Australia."

Email to Jack Layton from environmentalist Tim Flannery,
author of The Weather Makers, 5 June 2008

"The NDP are listening to what's happening across the country whereas the Liberals and the Bloc seem to be stuck inside of the little Ottawa-world … communities are affected by some of the job losses and the impact of high gasoline prices and rising food costs. The NDP seem to be hitting the mark on this one."

Bob Fife, CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief, 1 May 2008

"You can see the differences between the opposition parties—the Bloc and the Liberals still stuck on the “in-and-out” scheme, and the NDP focusing on bread and butter issues, talking about the economy and the wage gap that's going and the plight that's hitting many communities across this country because of layoffs.”

Bob Fife, CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief, 1 May 2008

"The Liberals make a great show of blaming the NDP for the current government's existence, but the lie is transparent. The NDP keeps showing up to vote against the government. The Liberals don't. Of course not: it's their government too."

Paul Wells, Macleans, 31 March 2008

“What are the choices available? Well, of the four choices available, Canadians only really have two, the Conservatives and the NDP. The Bloc Quebecois has to be excluded for obvious reasons, and the Liberals have excluded themselves…”

- Angelo Persichilli, Toronto Sun, 6 January 2008

“My nomination this year [for best political player] would be the NDP caucus … it's a small caucus, but pound for pound, I think they have the highest quality of MP right now in representation.”

Andrew Coyne, CBC “The National,” 26 December 2007

"Layton is seen as more prime ministerial than his Liberal counterpart. The last time that happened, Ed Broadbent and John Turner were respectively NDP and Liberal leaders."

Chantal Hebert, Toronto Star, 12 December 2007