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'''John Gilbert "Jack" Layton''' (born July 18, 1950) is a [[social democrat]] and current leader of Canada's [[New Democratic Party]]and the Current leader of the Official Opposition.

In 2006, he called for the return of Canadian troops from [[Afghanistan]]. In January 2007, Jack Layton called for a federal ban on [[ATM]] fees. In 2008 after the Conservatives when re-elected to a minority government. Layton was active in an attempt with [[Michael Ignatieff]] and Gilles Ducceppe to force the creation of a unpopular coalition government with the Liberal and Bloc parties. However, in the end, this attempt was unsuccessful.

In the [[2011 Canadian parliamentary elections]] Jack Layton ran as head of the NDP yet again. He has promised to increase funding for expensive, ineffective healthcare health care plans and to raise corporate taxesto 19.5%.