What Does A New Prime Minister Mean For US-Canada Relations?

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November 04, 2015

Canadian Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau arrives at a victory rally in Ottawa on October 20, 2015, after his party won a landslide victory in national parliamentary elections. Trudeau will be sworn in today as prime minister. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

Today, Canada's new prime minister Justin Trudeau takes office.

He has a long to-do list, after making a number of dramatic campaign promises, including withdrawing Canadian fighter jets from the fight against ISIS and accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

Professor Cecil Foster, director of Canadian Studies at the University at Buffalo, speaks to Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about how the U.S.'s relationship with Canada may change under Trudeau's administration.

Guest

Cecil Foster, director of Canadian Studies at the University at Buffalo. He tweets @cecilfosterca.

This segment aired on November 4, 2015.