Trudeau’s Challenge: Global Climate Strategy

National leaders must respond quickly to global events and challenges. A priority for Canada is the UN climate conference that opens November 30 in Paris, suggests the Financial Post. G20 and Asia Pacific Economic Summit meetings follow in November. Voters handed a decisive win to the Liberal Party. Justin Trudeau will be sworn in as prime minister; the party holds five times the number of parliament seats held in 2011. Time is short for the new government to develop a coherent policy, reports Terence Corcoran: “20 or 30 days is truly not enough time for any new government to devise a proper formal Canadian position on global carbon regimes and a host of other international issues.” Crude oil production represents 3 percent of Canada’s GDP. Other campaign promises including cutting income taxes for the middle-class, infrastructure investment, accepting more Syrian refugees and discontinuing Canada’s role in air strikes against the Islamic State. – YaleGlobal