The Huffington Post Canada and several other Canadian newspapers were drawn as well to the hunk competition, but majority admitted being less than surprised with the attention that the son of their former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau-himself charismatic and popular during his time-was getting overseas.
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The two leaders were spotted looking very chummy at a summit Thursday in the Philippines.
Obama warned him: “If you don’t want to gray like me, you need to start dyeing it soon”.
Trudeau said while travelling from Turkey to Manila that one of his priorities would be to talk about “a proper continental approach” in North America.
Obama and Trudeau papered over their differences – notably, the rejected Keystone pipeline and Canada’s looming withdrawal of the combat air mission against the Islamic State – and talked up common ground in what Obama declared was a “wonderful meeting”.
On the tongue-in-cheek online “Hottest Heads of State List” Trudeau ranks second, at 34 percent of votes, way behind the king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, who garnered 61 percent support.
Nieto arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday and was escorted by Presidential sister Kris Aquino to the Luneta Park, where he offered flowers to Jose Rizal, a Filipino hero and writer who fought against Spanish colonizers. U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a dialogue at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, November 18, 2015. A few witty swooned fans even coined the term “bae-conomic” for Nieto and Trudeau.
“The Internet has found a reason to care about the APEC summit”, tweeted online publication GlobalPost, using “APEChottie” as a hashtag.
Justin Trudeau has left the building. Local activists have been urging the new Canadian prime minister, sworn into power two weeks ago, to do something about the issue.
Citing the obstacles to sustainable growth posed by natural disasters, including extreme weather, the leaders agreed to co-operate against climate change.
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Over the past two decades, “APEC and imperialist globalization have only benefited the rich countries while further impoverishing developing countries like the Philippines”, said protest leader Renato Reyes, of the left-wing alliance Bayan.
On the refugee issue, Trudeau and Obama are on the same page on bringing Syrian refugees to their countries despite security concerns that have surfaced since the attacks in France last week that killed 129 people. Mexico’s Pena Nieto is 49.
The 2016 APEC summit is planned for Peru, 2017 will be in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea will host the 2018 summit. But the other Pacific Rim leaders are in their early 60s or older.
“As we look back exactly 26 years to when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted and opened for signature, we can see that real progress has been made in moving the markers forward for young people around the globe”.
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OTTAWA-For the first time in almost seven years, federal, provincial and territorial leaders will gather together Monday for a meeting.
