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48
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, stands for a photograph after an interview in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Trudeau said money will be provided to Federation of Canadian Municipalities "to help our cities and towns in responding to pressing climate change challenges." Photographer: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBen Nelms — Getty Images
- TitlePrime Minister
- AffiliationCanada
- Age44
As the political systems of the U.S. and Europe heave with anger and dysfunction, Canada’s new Prime Minister offers an upbeat contrast. Having won election decisively in October, Trudeau has rallied the public behind ambitious plans for climate change—he wants to reduce methane emissions, which trap heat at a far greater rate than CO2—and a pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. He is also moving to legalize marijuana. And he’s doing it with a soft-swagger optimism that’s rare in Western democracies right now.