This morning, federal New Democrat Jack Layton and his moustache were out watering the party's grassroots - addressing union rank and filers at the swish Hyatt Regency Vancouver. Those who spoke at the rally included Telecommunication Workers' Union vice-president Hope Cumming, International Longshore and Warehouse Union president Tom Dufresne, Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti, Canadian Union of Public Employees national president Paul Moist and dinosaur lover Angie Schira (the event's master of ceremonies). Also notable among the orators was Janet Sinclair, who some of our astute readers may remember as the daughter of former Liberal cabinet minister James Sinclair and sister to Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper. But equally tongue-wagging was this quip from British Columbia Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair: "You may notice there's a large number of RCMP officers here. I want to assure them there's no Liberals in this room."