Canadians will elect a new government on Monday, October 21 as Justin Trudeau  officially called a Federal Election on Wednesday morning.

The Liberal Leader met with the Governor General this morning to dissolve the 42nd parliament.  He will now attempt to convince Canadians over the next five-and-a-half weeks why his party should have a second mandate.

As the 40-day campaign officially begins the Liberals and Conservatives are neck and neck favorites with both holding about 35 percent of the popular vote.

The NDP and Green Party are behind them jockeying for third.

The Liberals stood at 177 seats when the last session of Parliament ended compared to the Conservatives at 95, the NDP at 40, the Bloc at 10 and the Greens at three. Several, including former Liberal cabinet ministers Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould were sitting as Independents,

The Conservatives also lost Maxime Bernier, who was elected under their banner but quit to start the People’s Party of Canada.

Canadians head to he polls October 21st to elect the 43rd government of Canada.