Official portrait of Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Workplace of the Prime Minister, Canada
The Canadian authorities stated on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will welcome leaders from the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) to Ottawa for the primary Canada-CARICOM Summit on Canadian soil.
In accordance with a Canadian Authorities assertion, Trudeau will co-chair the Summit, which runs from Oct. 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 robust ties with the Caribbean and supply a chance for leaders to proceed to strengthen cooperation and chart a greater future for individuals in each areas,” the assertion stated.
Beneath the Summit’s theme of “Strategic Companions for a Resilient Future,” the assertion stated Trudeau and CARICOM leaders will advance shared priorities, together with constructing inclusive and sustainable economies, rising commerce and funding, and selling multilateral collaboration.
The leaders can even work to battle local weather change and handle its impacts within the Caribbean, together with by exploring methods to enhance entry to financing for Small Island Creating States within the Caribbean, the assertion stated.
Through the Summit, it stated 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.
The leaders will interact with Canadian enterprise leaders and buyers to additional business alternatives within the area, the assertion stated.
As co-Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Targets (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, in response to the assertion.
“I stay up for welcoming leaders from the Caribbean Group to Ottawa this month,” Trudeau stated. “Canada and the Caribbean Group have constructed a permanent partnership over the past 50 years, primarily based on ties between our individuals and our shared dedication to democracy, the rule of regulation, and human rights.
“At this Summit and past, we are going to hold working collectively to take local weather motion, construct robust economies, and hold individuals protected, now and into the long run,” he added.
The assertion stated Canada has long-standing ties with many CARICOM international locations on a variety of shared priorities, together with commerce, safety and protection, 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 forty fourth Convention of Heads of Authorities of CARICOM,” it stated, including that greater than two million Canadians journey to CARICOM international locations yearly and over 10,000 college students from CARICOM research in Canada yearly.
In 2022, Canada’s two-way merchandise commerce with CARICOM international locations reached CAN$1.8 billion. In 2021, bilateral commerce in providers reached CAN$3.9 billion, the assertion stated.
