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Canada Elections 2021 After many weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister has called a federal election. The formal request came this morning at Rideau Hall when Trudeau asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and hold a 36-day election campaign with Election Day set for September 20th. The opposition party leaders had called for the Prime Minister to hold off on an election ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau communicated with various opposition leaders to seek their inputs for his upcoming throne speech scheduled for 23rd Sept. Trudeau’s speech next week is crucial as it will be followed by the vote of confidence. The Liberal Party led Trudeau Government would require support of at least one opposition party to win the support of ...

As the, White House officials discuss the possible deployment of troops to the Canadian border, Justin Trudeau and other Canadian ministers have made it clear that  they don’t support any such plans. During his press address, Mr Trudeau said “Canada and the US have the longest unmilitarised border in the world, and it is very much in both of our ...

Just hours prior to Justin Trudeau visiting one of the largest Sikh temple in Canada this morning to mark the Vaisakhi celebrations, Liberal government agreed to remove the reference to Sikh extremism from a recent report on terrorism. Prime Minister Trudeau and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will be taking part in grand Vaisakhi Parade starting from Ross Street Gurdwara in ...

The escalating scandal involving PM Trudeau has triggered the resignation of recently appointed Treasury Board President Jane Philpott. Trudeau’s own principal secretary as well as another cabinet member had already stepped down. On Monday, Philpott expressed unhappiness about the government’s response to allegations that officials inappropriately pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould last year to help major construction company SNC-Lavalin Group ...

It’s almost nine months since Justin Trudeau’s controversial India visit that marred bilateral relations. There had been no official engagements between the two governments after the visit and no breakthrough is expected in near future as none of the government seems inclined to start the dialogue again. The political experts are also predicting that the fresh boost to bilateral relations ...