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Posted: November 24th, 2015

By Christopher Sands

Christopher Sands is a Senior Research Professor and Director of the Center for Canadian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute.

Following his election on October 19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rekindled the spirit—in Canada and abroad—of Canadian optimism and goodwill in global affairs that was characteristic of his father Pierre’s governments (1968-1979, 1980-1984).

The November 14 attacks by Islamic terrorists in Paris, France revealed the other, less-often remembered commonality between father and son: a resolute toughness in response to acts of terrorism.

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