Article content NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has asked Simon to refuse any request from Trudeau that would send voters to the ballot box, noting that the fixed-election law states that every general election must be held on the third Monday of October four calendar years after the last one. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Governor General not likely to refuse a Trudeau request to call snap election, as NDP wants: expert Back to video Singh said in a letter to the newly installed Governor General that the law allows for an early election if the government has lost the confidence of the House, but the Trudeau government has won every confidence vote it has faced including on the speech from the throne and the budget.