Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, at the moment introduced that he’ll welcome leaders from the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) to Ottawa for the primary Canada-CARICOM Summit on Canadian soil.
He’ll co-chair the Summit, which is able to run from October 17 to 19, alongside the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, the present Chair of CARICOM.
As CARICOM celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this 12 months, the Summit will spotlight Canada’s robust ties with the Caribbean and supply a possibility for leaders to proceed to strengthen cooperation and chart a greater future for individuals in each areas.
Underneath the Summit’s theme of “Strategic Companions for a Resilient Future”, the Prime Minister and CARICOM leaders will advance shared priorities, together with constructing inclusive and sustainable economies, growing commerce and funding, and selling multilateral collaboration. The leaders can even work to struggle local weather change and deal with its impacts within the Caribbean, together with by exploring methods to enhance entry to financing for Small Island Growing States within the Caribbean.
In the course of the Summit, Prime Minister Trudeau will spotlight the significance of reinforcing democratic values, selling human rights and the rules-based worldwide order, and strengthening coordination on regional safety, together with responding to the continuing safety, political, and humanitarian crises in Haiti. Lastly, the leaders will interact with Canadian enterprise leaders and buyers to additional industrial alternatives within the area.
As co-Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDG) Advocates group, Prime Minister Trudeau will take the chance to advance the SDGs – the pathway for the world to construct a extra sustainable, peaceable, and affluent future for everybody.
