Farewell to Stephen Lewis, Former Forum Guest

Former Forum guest, politician, diplomat and activist Stephen Lewis has died at age 88.

Lewis was a former leader of the Ontario NDP, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and a longtime journalist and environmental activist.

Lewis is remembered by some as one of the most gifted speakers of his generation in Canadian politics.

Time Magazine included Lewis in its 2005 list of the most influential people in the world. "Until there is a future in which the vulnerable are protected and new life and new hope can blossom again," the magazine wrote, "Stephen Lewis will never consider his work to be done."

We are grateful to have had the opportunity to converse with Stephen Lewis here on Salt Spring Island.