Canadian federal election is officially on.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Sunday that he spoke with the newly-minted Gov.
Gen. Mary Simon earlier in the day and asked her to pull the plug on the minority government he has led since October 2019.Election Day will be Sept.
20, meaning the campaign will be a tight five weeks long.Trudeau arrived at Rideau Hall at 10:20 a.m. ET alongside his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and their three children: Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien.
The family walked over from their home at Rideau Cottage, just a few minutes away from the official residence of the governor general.He spoke after emerging from roughly 40 minutes inside Rideau Hall, and framed the decision before Canadians now as one that.