New PM Trudeau to Obama: Canada’s Islamic State combat mission to end

I have a simple message for you: “We’re back”, the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said at a rally in Ottawa last Tuesday, as quoted by The Wall Street Journal. “Significantly, the Liberal government has also committed to significant investment in sustainable infrastructure to help make our communities safer and more resilient”.

“Trudeau will return Canada to its traditional approach in foreign affairs which is characteristic of every single government but Harper’s”, Robert Bothwell, a professor at the University of Toronto, told the Associated Press.

Mr. Harper was relatively successful in steering Canada’s economy, and his support for human rights and democratic principles was notable at a time when the United States’ voice was more muted.

Canada has six fighter planes operating in the bombing campaign, a fraction of the American air power in the fight. And instead of taking the fight to Syria, Canada will take Syrians – 25,000 of them.

But his tone Tuesday suggested he’ll try to manage the political symbolism.

We speak about the big development with Canadian Alex Doukas of Oil Change global, 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! Canadians appeared to be exhausted of the fiscal conservatism of the Harper Government. He made no mention of his intention during his concession speech, leaving the decision to be announced by his party in a brief statement.

Trudeau had accused the Conservative Party’s Harper of reducing the entire U.S.-Canada relationship to a dispute over the Keystone XL pipeline – and hurting relations by “haranguing” Obama over the issue.

During the election campaign, Trudeau pledged to bring home the fighter jets and end its combat mission.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller added that she looked forward to working with Prime Minister Trudeau at the bilateral and multilateral levels as both countries continue the special partnership forged between Jamaica and Canada over the years.

Forbes reported that medical marijuana was expected to become a $1 billion industry in Canada by 2020.