The world has seen nothing like this from Canada since Trudeau’s flamboyant father Pierre became Liberal prime minister in 1968 and launched an era of so-called Trudeaumania.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a closing press conference following the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey on Monday, November 16, 2015.
“That was an extraordinary political vision”, Xi said. About 1.5 million Canadians are of Chinese descent, or 4.5 percent of the population, government figures show.
Trudeau praised the more than four decades of “strong relations”. “I know that there are many opportunities for us to work together on economic political and cultural ties and I look forward to a very productive engagement in the coming years”.
Harper initially kept his distance from China, citing Beijing’s human rights record.
Trudeau’s first G20 summit happens to coincide with its most ambitious agenda since its 20 leaders first met during the 2008 recession, when the G20 took over as the main multilateral group to manage the global economy.
“Our capacity to offer training and help concretely in the fight against ISIL in that way is something that not all countries have to offer”, he said.
“The two leaders discussed the substantial and comprehensive Canada-China relationship and expressed the potential to work collaboratively to expand and deepen bilateral ties founded on strong people-to-people connections”, it said.
“The President also urged Canada to increase its commitment, just as Indonesia did [in its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution or INDC] of a 29 percent emissions reduction by 2030, or 41 percent if the country receives worldwide funding”, the ministry said in a statement.
The prime minister told fellow leaders that Canada has been an active member of the multination coalition combating Islamic extremists and “will continue to be, but will evaluate how we can best contribute”, Ahmad said.
U.S. President Barack Obama has characterized Friday’s violence in Paris an “attack on the civilized world”.
The premier said in his letter that the attacks in Paris are a grim reminder of the death and destruction even a small number of “malevolent individuals can inflict upon a peaceful country and its citizens”.
Fabius was standing in at the summit for President Francois Hollande, who remained in France to respond to Friday’s attacks, which he has called an act of war.
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Trudeau said his government will follow through on its election campaign commitment to withdraw its six CF-18 fighter jets from the U.S.-led coalition mission attacking targets in Iraq and Syria a few time before Canada’s March 2016 commitment expires.
