Difference between revisions of "2011 Canadian parliamentary elections"

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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]].
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-{| 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/
-|}
-[[category:Canadian politics]]