© Peter McCabe/The Canadian Press Thousands of voters wait in line outside Montreal's Palais des congrès to vote in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election Saturday. French citizens living in Montreal turned out in droves Saturday to cast their ballots in the first round of France's presidential election. In Montreal, voters waited in a slow-moving line that wrapped more than once around Palais des congrès in the city's downtown. The polls in Canada for the French election are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturday, Fouad Benhaida voted for the first time in a French election, and he brought along his son as a teaching moment.

Source: CBC News April 10, 2022 05:39 UTC