Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the moment introduced that he’ll welcome leaders from the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) to Ottawa for the primary Canada-CARICOM Summit on Canadian soil. He’ll co-chair the Summit, which can run from October 17 to 19, 2023, 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 sturdy ties with the Caribbean and permit leaders to proceed strengthening cooperation and chart a greater future for individuals in each areas.
Underneath the Summit’s “Strategic Companions for a Resilient Future” theme, the Prime Minister and CARICOM leaders will advance shared priorities, together with constructing inclusive and sustainable economies, rising commerce and funding, and selling multilateral collaboration. The leaders may also work to combat local weather change and tackle its impacts within the Caribbean, together with exploring methods to enhance entry to financing for Small Island Creating States within the Caribbean.
Through 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 continued safety, political, and humanitarian crises in Haiti. Lastly, the leaders will have interaction with Canadian enterprise leaders and traders to additional regional industrial alternatives.
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.
“I stay up for welcoming leaders from the Caribbean Group to Ottawa this month. Canada and the Caribbean Group have constructed a permanent partnership during the last 50 years, based mostly on ties between our individuals and our shared dedication to democracy, the rule of regulation, and human rights. At this Summit and past, we’ll maintain working collectively to take local weather motion, construct sturdy economies, and maintain individuals protected, now and into the long run.”The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
– The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
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- Canada has long-standing ties with many CARICOM international locations on a variety of shared priorities, together with commerce, safety and defence, worldwide help and governance.
- This Summit builds on the work Canada is doing to strengthen ties with the area, together with the Prime Minister’s go to to Nassau, The Bahamas, earlier this 12 months to take part within the 44th Convention of Heads of Authorities of CARICOM.
- Greater than two million Canadians journey to CARICOM international locations yearly, and over 10,000 college students from CARICOM examine in Canada yearly.
- CARICOM is a regional group established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973. It’s comprised of 15 Full Members and 5 Affiliate Members. The Full Members are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. The abroad territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks & Caicos Islands are Affiliate Members.
- In 2022, Canada’s two-way merchandise commerce with CARICOM international locations reached $1.8 billion. In 2021, bilateral commerce in companies reached $3.9 billion.
