It has been a pleasure to start, with my colleague [Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs] Claudia Ruiz Massieu, the first high-level strategic dialogue between Canada and Mexico and fulfill one of the main commitments made between Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau and President [Enrique] Peña Nieto during the President's state visit to Canada in June.
I would like to thank the NATO Association of Canada for asking me to speak at the opening of the proceedings of this 62nd General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association. I would also like to commend all of the organizers, in particular my former colleague, Bill Graham, and Hugh Segal, the association's chair.
Canada and Ukraine: Shoulder to shoulder
October 1, 2016 – Regina, Saskatchewan
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Many thanks to the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute, at the University of Pennsylvania, for this opportunity to speak to many of the best think tanks in the world.
As we gather today at Carleton University to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Arctic Council, let us take stock of what the North means to Canadians.
Thank you for joining us to talk about why we should embrace diversity, why inclusion must defeat exclusion. This is a central issue for the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and I welcome you on his behalf.
We have come a long way since nuclear tests were common, threatening the environment and reminding all of us what those mushroom clouds meant for humanity. But the threat remains.