Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Sunday, August 15, 2021
Canada’s Trudeau announces September 20 snap elections

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU-Canada summit at the European Council building in Brussels, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces snap elections for September 20 to seek a new mandate to steer the nation’s pandemic exit, much to the dismay of his rival parties.
“Canadians need to choose how we finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back better -– from getting the job done on vaccines, to having people’s backs all the way through to the end of this crisis,” Trudeau says.