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ByRobGillies The Associated Press TORONTO The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will have reverberations beyond Canada's borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically put an end to a decade of rule by the most conservative lead- ership in the country's his- tory. Among the areas in which Trudeau differs from his predecessor, Con- servative Stephen Harper: airstrikes against the Is- lamic State group, support for Israel, climate change, immigration and how much relations with the U.S. should hinge on the future of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Speaking at a rally in Ottawa on Tuesday, the 43-year-old Trudeau — son of one of the country's most dynamic politicians — un- derlined the sea change. "I want to say this to this country's friends around the world: Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years. Well, I have a simple message for you on behalf of 35 million Canadians. We're back," he declared. With Trudeau's decisive victory on Monday, Cana- dian voters reclaimed their country's liberal identity, giving the new prime min- ister a commanding major- ity in parliament that will allow him to govern with- out relying on other parties. That means change in Canadian policies on a broad spectrum of issues. "Trudeau will return Canada to its traditional approach in foreign af- fairs which is characteris- tic of every single govern- ment but Harper's," said Robert Bothwell, a profes- sor at the University of To- ronto. "Canada will go back to multilateralism, back to strong support for the United Nations." There will be a "new way for Canada to be on the world stage," agreed Lib- eral lawmaker Marc Gar- neau, who won re-election Monday. The son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who swept to office in 1968 on a wave of support dubbed "Trudeaumania" and governed for much of the next two decades, the younger Trudeau channels the star power — if not quite the political heft — of his father. Tall and trim, he is a for- mer school teacher and member of Parliament since 2008. He becomes the sec- ond-youngest prime min- ister in Canadian history and has been likened to U.S. President Barack Obama. "The whole tone of the U.S.-Canada relationship will change. Philosophi- cally Obama and Trudeau are much closer," Bothwell said. Trudeau's victory will likely improve ties with the United States, at least for the remainder of Obama's presidency. Harper was frustrated by Obama's re- luctance to approve the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas and clashed with the president on other issues, including the Iran nuclear deal. Although Trudeau sup- ports the Keystone pipe- line, he argues relations should not hinge on the project. "Theoretically, Justin is for Keystone, but he can obviously jettison that," Bothwell said of the proj- ect, which Democratic presidential hopeful Hill- ary Clinton recently ex- pressed opposition to. Re- publican contenders are for the project. Antonia Maioni, a po- litical science professor at McGill University, said the Obama administration will welcome the change in government. "Even on Key- stone, Mr. Trudeau says he supports it, but he is not going to make it an issue of conflict with Obama," Maioni said. Still, there are differ- encesthatcouldleadtofric- tion with the U.S. Trudeau has said he'll remove Cana- da's six fighter jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group. Harper had said re- moving the jets from the fight would hurt relations with Obama. Trudeau has also vowed to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year. Harper declined to resettle more Syrian refu- gees despite the haunting image of a drowned 3-year- old's body washed up on a Turkish beach after his family's failed attempt to immigrate to Canada. Canada shifted to the center-right under Harper, who lowered sales and cor- porate taxes, avoided cli- mate change legislation, strongly supported the oil and gas extraction indus- try and backed the right- wing government of Is- raeli Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu. LIBERAL PARTY LEADER Canada's Trudeau: 'We're back' JUSTINTANG—THECANADIANPRESS Liberal leader Justin Trudeau hugs his mother, Margaret Trudeau, at the Liberal party headquarters in Montreal on Tuesday. Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada's new prime minister a er beating Conservative Stephen Harper. MAJDI MOHAMMED — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian swings a sling during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah, West Bank, on Tuesday. By Ian Deitch The Associated Press JERUSALEM U.N. Secre- tary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday ahead of meet- ings with Israeli and Pal- estinian leaders, in a high- profile gambit to bring an end to a monthlong wave of violence. The visit comes amid un- rest that erupted a month ago over tensions surround- ing Jerusalem's most sensi- tive holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims. A spate of al- most daily Palestinian at- tacks against civilians and soldiers, most of which have involved stabbings, has caused panic across Israel and raised fears that the re- gion is on the cusp of a new round of bloodshed. "These are difficult times for Israelis and Palestin- ians. I am here in the hope that we can work together to end the violence, ease the tensions and begin to restore a long term politi- cal horizon of peace," Ban said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tues- day night. "I deplore the random at- tacks against civilians, such terror attacks make every place unsafe and every per- son regardless to gender or age a potential victim," he said. Over the past month, 10 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, most of them stabbings. In that time, 46 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, includ- ing 25 identified by Israel as attackers, and the rest in clashes with Israeli troops. An Eritrean migrant died after being shot by a secu- rity guard and beaten by a mob that mistakenly be- lieved he was a Palestinian assailant during a deadly Arab attack at a bus station. Netanyahu said Tuesday night that the violence has been caused largely by in- citement from Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas. "President Abbas unfor- tunately has been fanning the flames. President Abbas has not condemned a single one of the 30 terrorist at- tacks against Israelis over the last month and he con- tinues to glorify the terror- ists as heroes," Netanyahu said. The initial outbreak of Palestinian attacks was fu- eled by rumors that Israel was plotting to take over Je- rusalem'smostsensitiveholy site.. Israel has adamantly de- nied the allegations,. UN chief urges calm amid Palestinian-Israeli violence SURPRISE VISIT Thiscouldbeyourluckyday by helping a dog or cat find a loving home from... Ad Sponsorship $ 25 Call Suzy 737-5056 RedBluffDailyNews ELI Paws & Claws TEHAMACOUNTYANIMAL SHELTER 1830 Walnut Street P.O. Box 38 • Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-3439 CORNING ANIMAL SHELTER 4312 Rawson Rd. Corning, CA 96021 (530) 824-7054 ADOPT A PET TODAY Please help sponsor a classroom subscription Call Kathy at (530) 737-5047 to find out how. 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