The rest of the Country needs to follow Thunder Bay's lead and elect NDP MPs. That was the rallying cry of Jack Layton at last night's town hall that drew around 400 people. Layton answered several questions about the region's economy and says the NDP would create a forestry strategy. He says they would put their foot down and ensure natural resources are put to work in the area they are harvested from. Layton says it was the Conservatives blocked the kinds of initiatives that would help the Northwest.