Africa: Rather Than Stoke Anxiety, Politicians Should Work to Improve Livelihoods, Canada's Trudeau Tells UN

20 September 2016

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly for the first time, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, said leaders and politicians should see diversity as strength rather weakness and, instead of exploiting fears, work to allay them by enabling a safer, more peaceful world for all.

Telling the Assembly that he had learned much from speaking with the Canadian people, including young people frustrated by the lack of employment, women still faced with discrimination and parents struggling to give their children opportunities, Mr. Trudeau said that while Canadians still believed in progress, that optimism was mixed with concern - an anxiety shared worldwide.

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