Canada's Prime Minister designate Justin Trudeau meets with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at Queen's Park in Toronto, October 27, 2015.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
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POLITICS NOTEBOOK
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS MORNING
> Defence experts are skeptical that Justin Trudeau's Liberal government will reap any significant windfall from buying a warplane that is cheaper than the controversial F-35 fighter.
> Alberta's NDP government is pouring $34-billion into infrastructure projects over the next five years, creating a program that gives companies as much as $5,000 for each new hire, and increasing taxes on tobacco and alcohol for the second time in a year.
> A new program in Tuesday's budget invites Alberta's employers to apply for a grant that awards up to $5,000 for each job they create.
> Nine takeaways from the Alberta budget.
> Critics say Justin Trudeau's ambitious promises for improving the lives of Canada's First Nations will be impossible to achieve but a representative of the incoming Liberal government insists progress will be demonstrated by the end of its first mandate.
> Moving trucks were at 24 Sussex on Tuesday as the Harper family prepared to pack up and move to Calgary in the aftermath of the Conservative party's defeat in last week's election.
QUEEN'S PARK, OTTAWA NOW CANADA'S POWER CORRIDOR
There's a new power axis in Canada that runs between Justin Trudeau and Kathleen Wynne, Campbell Clark writes. Ms. Wynne's staff was connected to Mr. Trudeau's, and campaigned to get him elected. The Ontario Premier's governing program has much in common with Mr. Trudeau's platform. And now the relationship between the two will set the agenda for federal-provincial relations – and for a lot of Mr. Trudeau's four-year mandate. (For subscribers.)
WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
"Justin Trudeau's government will be front and centre for many, many months, with Liberal dramatis personae delivering all the important lines. Conservatives and New Democrats will cluster at the rear of the political stage, grunting and muttering, with almost no one paying attention." - Jeffrey Simpson on Canadian political drama (for subscribers)
Avi Benlolo (Globe and Mail): "Canada can play an important role in the Middle East peace process, but if it chooses a "balanced" approach, as has the Obama administration, it will become rudderless in the region."
Jeffrey Jones (Globe and Mail): "The problem is, for Alberta to become less dependent on energy, the provincial government could do with many more barrels of oil revenue to fuel the massive effort."
Lysiane Gagnon (Globe and Mail): "Friday will mark the 20th anniversary of the second referendum on Quebec sovereignty. It's useful to reflect on this episode, which would repeat itself if the Parti Québécois were to eventually regain power. As weak as it is today, sovereignty might re-emerge on the Canadian agenda."
Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson (Globe and Mail): "We believe that in this century the conservative coalition is also broad and deep and coherent. If the party takes its time and chooses its next leader wisely, without being distracted by nostalgists or narrow ideologues, the Conservatives will be very competitive in the next election and in elections to come."
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