Information about Federal Government 

Last Update: Oct 10, 2017
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  • The Governor-General of Canada is Julie Payette.Julie Payette was announced the new Governor-General of Canada starting September 2017. She preceded by David Johnston. 53-year-old Montrealer and former astronaut will be 29th Governor General of Canada. Click here for her official biography.
  • The Prime Minister of Canada is Justin Trudeau.(Election held October 19, 2015)
  • Last federal election: October 19, 2015(42nd Election since 1867)
  • The party in power federally is The Liberal of Canada. (Since 2015)
  • The leader of the federal Opposition party is Andrew Scheer.(Ex. Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigned October 19, 2015 from Conservative Leadership after losing to Liberal Party of Canada on 19 October 2015. The current Leader of the Opposition is Andrew Scheer, M.P., who was elected Leader of the Conservative Party on May 27, 2017.)
  • The federal Official Opposition party is the Conservative Party of Canada.(Beat NDP in 2015 to opposition)
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Previously, the citizenship test contained certain mandatory questions, however ..... Before 2010, citizenship test contained certain mandatory questions which needed to be answered correctly by applicants in order to pass the test.
The three mandatory questions tested applicants on the following:

- the right to vote;
- the right to run for elected office; and
- voting procedures related to elections.

However, because Section 15 of the Citizenship Regulations now specifies that applicants are required to have sufficient knowledge of a broad range of topics, the inclusion of mandatory questions in the citizenship test will no longer be in effect as of October 14, 2010.