Canada to pull out fighter jets from Syria, Iraq

“But he understands the commitments I’ve made around ending the combat mission”, said Trudeau. However, Trudeau has indicated that country’s 70 special forces troops, who were deployed to train Kurds in northern Iraq against the Isis, will continue their mission.

After nearly a decade of Conservative government calling the shots, the Liberal Party now has a clear majority, with the son of one of Canada’s most famous leaders at the helm.

The telegenic Mr Trudeau has often drawn large crowds and elicited comparisons to the Kennedy dynasty and the Obama campaign. Noting that India-Canada relations are anchored in a common framework of democracy, pluralism, rule of law and close people-to-people relations, Modi said India attaches high priority to deepening and further expanding its strategic partnership with that country.

His Conservative opponent, Stephen Harper, responded to Trudeau’s pro-legalisation stance by claiming that “marijuana is infinitely worse than tobacco and it’s something that we don’t want to encourage”.

Americans seeking to draw lessons for 2016 from Canada might focus on their neighbors’ apparent desire for change and youth in the form of Mr. Trudeau, 43.

Former PM Harper had pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 but his plan gave few details on how to get there. With that chore done, the government can then bring in its speech from the throne and begin the new Liberal era.

Early in the federal election I cautioned about reading too much into the polls and after this election pundits are coming out to say we should not put any faith in polls. Duh.

“The secretary-general hopes and expects that Canada will play that role”.

The incoming prime minister has also announced his cabinet will include an equal number of men and women.

She said Jamaica looked forward to re-engaging Canada on areas of key interest such as trade, development and increased contact between the peoples of both nations.

Equally, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau respected the voters by showing up at a subway station in Montreal to shake hands and say thank you to voters the very first day after the election.