Liberal Party MPs Scott Brison of Nova Scotia and Rob Oliphant of Ontario and New Democratic Party MP Randall Garrison of British Columbia won re-election in their respective races. “There are virtually no checks on their ability to carry out their platform”. He might not have formed government, but he will continue to serve his constituents.

In an interview with the Guardian in July, Trudeau said: “If there’s one thing that recent history in Canada has shown it’s that campaigns really matter”.

Mr Trudea has pledged to run small budget deficits and spend on infrastructure to stimulate economic growth, which has been anaemic for years.

In many other ways, the new Canadian leader will set a different course from his predecessor.

“So the Liberal Party is committed to legalizing and regulating marijuana, controlling it in a way that is going to protect our kids and remove criminal elements from it, “Trudeau said”. Earlier this year, the Harper Government dissolved Parliament and passed the most regressive, anti-worker, anti-union piece of legislation, threatening to destroy collective bargaining rights for unions across Canada and attacking hard working middle class families.

Anthony Swift, director of the NRDC in Canada, said the incoming administration should move closer to a low-carbon economy for the sake of prosperity.

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!

Canada saw its longest election campaign of 78 days during the General Elections 2015, it was this period which gave the liberals time to change the events on their side. Now, with President Obama expected to veto an approval of Keystone XL in Congress, Trudeau might be given an escape hatch from having to follow through on his support. There are also a number of high profile Liberals elected who have the potential to make positive changes in Ottawa and beyond.

With the Canadian dollar so low, Ayres says the USA may not be seeing quite as many cross-border shoppers.

As of October. 19, Canada’s planes in the region had flown 1,637 sorties in the anti-Islamic State operation, according to the military, which didn’t specify how numerous flights involved airstrikes.