Trudeau Meets With Governor General, Expected to Request Early, Pandemic-Era Election

Trudeau Meets With Governor General, Expected to Request Early, Pandemic-Era Election
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, a discussion that is expected to set the gears in motion for a federal election.

He entered her official residence, Rideau Hall, just after 10 a.m. eastern time and is expected to ask her to dissolve Parliament and call a vote for Sept. 20.