Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama

Stephen Harper: For many of those leaders, Trudeau is the first Canadian prime minister not named Stephen Harper they'll be dealing with on the world stage, according to CBC. Trudeau November agenda crammed with meetings, conferences Trudeau to call for investment over austerity at global summits Canada repositioning on the world stage U.S. President Barack Obama has already lined up a formal bilateral meeting with Trudeau late in the week when the two are at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Manila. And now Justin Trudeau takes off on his first foreign trip, a week-long journey to attend economic summits in Turkey and the Philippines that will bring him face-to-face with leaders of some of the most powerful countries in the world, each of them intent on gauging — and engaging with — the new prime minister. Others are also setting up chats at the G20 meeting in Turkey this weekend. What this all suggests is that beyond the grip and grin and the "family photos" that characterize these summits, there a strong interest in measuring the new Canadian leader through a more substantive discussion of the issues. That list now includes China Xi Jinping, Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto and Italy Matteo Renzi, who, for what it worth, is three years younger than Trudeau. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.