http://www.nysun.com/editorials/canada-retreats/89324/Canada Retreats
Editorial of The New York Sun | October 21, 2015
The first signal to watch for after the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada will be whether his Liberal Party government will abandon the country’s erstwhile allies to their own devices in the fight against the Islamic State. The Liberals had campaigned on, among other things, a promise to end Canada’s participation in the combat mission America has been leading. And they certainly won a mandate from the voters. All the more dismaying the prospect that they will abandon the fight.
Nor is America the only ally that will feel this sense of regret for Canada’s robust engagement in our common struggle. Stephen Harper’s defeat will be keenly felt at Israel. Mr. Harper had made a point of standing apart from the European hostility to the Jewish state. This prompted one frequent writer on the Internet, Dan Friedman, to send out a wire yesterday suggesting the election offered a “valuable lesson” for Israel — “don’t pin your hopes on the political fortunes of leaders in other countries.”
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