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The 2011 Canadian parliamentary election is an upcoming election for the [[house of commons of Canada]] and for the [[prime minister of Canada]]. Going in to the election the incumbent prime minister was [[Stephen Harper]] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! Party
! Platform
! Website
|-
| [[Stephen Harper]]
| [[Conservative Party of Canada]]
| Lower taxes, oil sands mining, new aircraft for armed forces, stronger economy, better [[US-Canada relations]], and better relationships between the Harper Government and ethnic peoples
| http://www.conservative.ca/
|-
| [[Michael Ignatieff]]
| [[Liberal Party of Canada]]
| Higher taxes, coalition government, reduction in military funding
| http://www.liberal.ca/
|-
| [[Gilles Duceppe]]
| [[Bloc Quebecois]]
| Establishment of Quebec as a sovereign state, Quebec first policies, Francophone superiority, assimilation of Anglo-American culture in eastern Canada
| http://www.blocquebecois.org/ (French website)
|-
| [[Jack Layton]]
| [[New Democratic Party]]
| [[Socialism]], higher taxes, reduced funding for armed forces, elimination of corporate tax credits, increasing funding to subsidized healthcare, and tax credits for families
| http://www.ndp.ca/
|}