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Canadian prime minister Trudeau calls snap election
By EUobserver
Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday announced that an early election would take place on 20 September, Deutsche Welle reports. The Canadian leader is seeking a new mandate to ensure voters approved of his government's Covid-19 pandemic recovery plan. The move comes at a "pivotal, consequential moment" for Canada amid a new wave of Covid-19 cases "amongst unvaccinated people," Trudeau said.