If you think the cbc is radicalized towards the left you've been hanging around Tories for too long. The CBC is filled with Liberal Party boot lickers for ages now, its no more aligned with the NDP then the Sun News Network.
Jack did in fact have achievements. The NDP budget that put billions of dollars towards helping people, including forgiegn aid that saved lives, he helped put together the accountablity act, even though Harper shit all over it, he rebuilt the NDP into a powerful electoral machine, he did what many said couldn't be done, he won Quebec and official opposition status and transformed the national political map in the process, he crushed the careers of a Liberal leader and Bloc leader, he,got that wind mill up in Toronto as a momument to clean energy, he inspired millions with his letter to believe that a better future was possible, he wrote two bestselling books, he created the climate change act which those cock suckers in the Senate crushed raping the tatter remains of our democracy in the process. He achieved more with his life than any of you ever will and he's a better man then anyone here.