We Asked Canadians To Name The Party Leaders Running In The Election & It Got Awkward

Two party leaders didn't even get a mention!

We Asked Canadians To Name The Party Leaders Running In The Election & It Got Awkward
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The Canadian Federal Election is fast approaching — but how many Canadians actually know who is running to be the country's next prime minister?

Narcity hit the streets of Montreal to ask Canadians if they could name any of the party leaders.

While there were some at the front of people's minds, our video shows that other party leaders were completely forgotten about.

The federal election takes place on September 20 but there are plenty of opportunities to vote in advance through mail ballots.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau called a snap election on August 15. Otherwise, Canada's next election would've been on October 16, 2023 — four years after the last election in 2019. However, the prime minister has the ability to advise the governor general to dissolve parliament, which triggers an early election, known as a snap election.

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  • Daniel Milligan
    Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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