Globe 2020 is an invaluable venue to coordinate on policy, on principles, to discuss commercial opportunity and to manage the transition — really the evolution — of our economy as we combat climate change.
Last year, under Italy’s Presidency, the G7 held the very first Ministerial meeting on gender equality.
This year, Prime Minister Trudeau set a new precedent for the G7 by creating the Gender Equality Advisory Council.
Thank you and good afternoon, everyone. I was struck by the theme you have chosen for this Summit: The Intersection of Energy and the Environment, because it speaks directly to the challenges — and opportunities — before us, as Canadians, as citizens of the world.
Acknowledging Indigenous traditional lands is more than a formality. It helps to remind us that this nation’s first peoples were also this land’s first protectors.