Transplanted Canadians view Trudeau’s win as good for youth

The race was essentially among three parties, the incumbent right-wing Conservative Party of Prime Minister Stephen Harper; Trudeau’s Liberal Party, which is left of the conservatives but right of Thomas Mulcair’s New Democratic Party.

“The president wished the prime minister-designate well and noted that he looks forward to meeting with him in the near future”.

The Liberal Party will form a majority government not because they won a majority of the popular vote, but because they won a majority of seats in the House of Commons.

Other western diplomats, speaking on the condition of anonymity, are less diplomatic than Wnendt, saying the defeat of the Harper government effectively removes an obstacle to progress at the global climate talks that France is hosting.

A former teacher and snowboard instructor, Mr Trudeau was first elected as an MP in 2008.

Trudeau’s victory says as much about the electorate as it does about the country’s next leader.

A paper in Spain called Trudeau Canada’s “pretty boy”, while the U.K.’s Mirror said the Liberal win kicked off, “what has to be the sexiest political dynasty since the Kennedys”.

The new government has its work cut out. Having “North American support” was an important psychological boost.

“To this country’s friends around the world, I want to say this: Many of you have anxious Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years”.

Transplanted Canadians in the country are hopeful that the recent election of Justin Trudeau – one of the country’s youngest prime ministers – will bring about positives especially for the youth.

The new Prime Minister has studied literature from McGill University and has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia.

The Conservatives were in office for nine years, during which time Canada was one of the few developed economies not to suffer serious economic slowdown and remained immune to the financial crisis which ravaged its neighbour the United States.

We speak about the big development with Canadian Alex Doukas of Oil Change worldwide, who explains the election results first in broad terms, specifically for those of us in the USA who may not have even realized Canada was holding a major election this week!