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In October 2008, Layton posted an online video message speaking out in favour of net neutrality, torrent sites, video-sharing sites, and social-networking sites.

In a separate interview he said that increasing corporate control " is very, very dangerous and we have put the whole issue of net neutrality right into the heart of our campaign platform ," and that the Internet is " a public tool for exchanging ideas and I particularly want to say that if we don ’ t fight to preserve it, we could lose it.

" In the end, the NDP gained 8 new seats, taking its tally to 37.

This result still left the NDP as Canada's fourth party, behind the Bloc Québécois with 50.

The NDP managed to retain Outremont, held by Thomas Mulcair, its only seat in the province.