Launching tomorrow of the federal election campaign in Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Canada's Governor General Julie Payette on Wednesday to request the dissolution of Parliament and start the election campaign, two sources told Radio-Canada.

According to the electoral law, Justin Trudeau had until Sunday to unleash the electoral campaign.

Canadians will go to the polls then on October 21 to elect the 43rd Parliament.

The campaign will last 40 days.

The parties seem ready to fight.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Rideau Hall on Wednesday to seek the dissolution of Parliament, which will trigger the election campaign.

On the side of the Liberal Party, the electoral posters will be delivered on Tuesday at the electoral offices of the party in Quebec. Liberal signs will be customized for Quebec.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer had already announced that he would launch his campaign on Wednesday, regardless of whether the race was officially launched or not. Conservatives plan events in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, and in the metropolitan area of ​​Toronto, Ontario.

The New Democratic Party (PND) has already begun its electoral tour: Chief Jagmeet Singh spent the week in southwestern Ontario and the Toronto area.

The leaders of the Québec Block Yves-François Blanchet, the Elizabeth May Green Party and the Maxime Bernier Canadian Popular Party have also been very active in recent days, participating in several partisan events.

Liberals are seeking a second four-year term, citing the party's achievements in the area of ​​child poverty, job creation and indigenous relations, while rejecting criticism of the violation of ethics of SNC-Lavalin.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer will fight his first campaign as party leader, as will Jagmeet Singh of the NDP.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Rideau Hall on Wednesday to seek the dissolution of Parliament, which will trigger the election campaign.

At the time of calling the election, the Liberal Party had 177 seats in the House of Commons, the conservative 95 seats, the NDP 39 seats, the Québec Block 10 seats and the Green Party two seats. The new Popular Party of Canada had a seat, as did the Commonwealth Cooperative Federation (FCC), while there were eight independent parliamentarians and five vacancies.

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