Jack Layton
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 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, health care plans and to raise corporate taxes to 19.5%.