OTTAWA – One of Jack Layton’s closest advisers is emerging as a frontrunner to pick up the torch from the NDP’s fallen leader.
Insiders say party president Brian Topp is receiving a lot of encouragement to run in the impending race to succeed Layton, who died on Monday.
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Topp is one of the key architects of Layton’s success and has deep roots in the New Democratic Party and the labour union movement.
He is so far refusing comment, saying it’s inappropriate to discuss leadership aspirations as the party mourns Layton’s untimely death from cancer.
But insiders say Topp is giving serious consideration to throwing his hat in the ring.
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair is also considered likely to make a leadership bid.
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