Trudeau also waded into the foreign policies of Israel and China, expressing concerns over separate but controversial positions that he says undermine peace
As long-standing anger about discrimination boils over in the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians must recognize there is systemic racism in their own country.
“It is a time to listen, it is a time to learn what injustices continue despite progress over years and decades,” Trudeau said. A police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes while he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. “I have highlighted both publicly and directly to Prime Minister Netanyahu and alternate prime minister Benny Gantz the importance of staying away from measures that are unilateral and our deep concerns and disagreement with their proposed policy of annexation.”
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