TORONTO - Michael Layton, the son of federal NDP Leader Jack Layton, is entering politics.
The 31-year-old deputy outreach director of Environmental Defence Canada announced this morning he will run for Toronto city council.
Layton will run in the Trinity-Spadina riding currently held by deputy mayor Joe Pantalone.
Pantalone is running for the mayor's job.
Layton has spent the last couple of months speaking with residents' associations, community activists, park associations and business leaders.
Politics runs in the family -- his grandfather, Robert Layton, was a former Conservative cabinet minister.
