Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of the European Union’s top political leaders expressed their commitment to strengthen multilateralism, protect democracy, and stand up for human rights in a video press conference on Thursday.
Specifically, the leaders said they will strive to work closely together “in international fora including the G7, the G20, and the United Nations system” to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery, while at the same time keeping the principles and values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, and based on the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement.