COMMENTARY: No, it’s not the governor general’s place to deny an election call
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is absolutely correct in his assessment that a federal election this year is wholly unnecessary. Singh, however, is very much mistaken in his belief that Canada’s new Governor General should do something about it.Amid widespread speculation that a fall election is looming, Singhnewly sworn-in Governor General Mary Simon to deny any request from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to dissolve Parliament and thrust the country into a campaign.
It is true that the Governor General, as the Queen’s representative in Canada, holds the power to dissolve Parliament; hence the need for the prime minister to pay a visit to Rideau Hall in the first place. There is, however, a fairly well-established convention as to the circumstances under which a Governor General might use that discretion.
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