This is John Batchelor, speaking with colleague Charles Burton about Justin Trudeau, who dismissed

Parliament some weeks ago with the intention of electing a new liberal leader, having lost

the support of the Canadian voting public. However, that means that Justin Trudeau is the government right now.

There is no parliament opposition. There's nobody to move legislation.

Ottawa was in a crisis mode because of the remarks by President Trump that they need to control

the border and stop the fentanyl and migrants coming through.

Justin Trudeau instead retaliates. He has no parliament. This is not the equivalent, but it's hard to

imagine, a president of the United States dismissing Congress. It's not the same government,

but then again, all those voices, including a man Pierre Pilever,

who is very likely, according to the polls, the next prime minister, are not sitting in Iowa,

in Ottawa.

It's a one-man state.

More of this tonight.

Here's Charles Burton to explain.

Yes, he could go to the Governor General

and request that Parliament be called. I think that there are questions about the process by which

he peruged, as they refer to it, in other words, dissolved Parliament by making a quest of

the Governor General in right of the Canadian head of state, King Charles

III, she could have turned him down. But typically, governors general do what the Prime Minister

says. But the preroguing convention is really when a government feels that it's completed

its political agenda and requires time to develop a new political agenda

and then have a speech from the throne as they refer to it, which could be read by the king

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