Canadian PM calls for giving refugees chance to succeed

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday vowed to stick to a plan to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by January 1, even though a growing number of critics say the target is too large and could threaten security following the attacks in Paris.

“If there’s a chance that only one person would use the refugee process to come into this country with a plan to do ill … that’s worth a few circumspection”, Wall said. Trudeau reiterated on Sunday that Canada will admit 25,000 Syrian refugees before January 1.

The new government in Ottawa made trade with China and India a pillar of its overseas agenda since taking office November 4 and Trudeau’s spokesman said after the meeting with Xi that a trade pact with China is now being explored. “We can and must do both”. “There are many, many discussions that we’re going to be able to build on, but I’m not going to speculate on what those can be”, Trudeau said when asked about investment rules.

The worldwide aid agency Oxfam said the G20 made progress in tackling the refugee crisis.

He also said that G20 countries should unite their forces and solve the problems by considering growth “for everyone”.

The G20 leaders released a joint statement at the G20 summit, calling the attacks in Paris “an unacceptable affront to all humanity” and reaffirming solidarity in the fight against terrorism as a major priority. Trudeau agreed with President Xi in boosting high-level exchanges.

“We have seen from all nations a desire to engage robustly on climate change”, Trudeau said.

The prime minister also met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is attending the summit in the place of French President François Hollande who remained in France to deal with the fall-out of Friday’s deadly terror attacks.

Prior to the Trudeau meeting, Fabius defended France’s decision to launch retaliatory air strikes on ISIL in Raqqa, Syria on Sunday. The group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks in the French capital, which killed 129 and left hundreds injured.

Less than two weeks after his government was sworn into power, the G20 offers Mr. Trudeau the opportunity to meet the world’s most powerful political leaders for the first time as Prime Minister. He told Putin to honour the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine.

That was noticeable change in style from the last G20 in Australia, where Harper told Putin to “get out of Ukraine”, and said he had nothing more to say, after he bumped into the Russian leader at the meeting.