Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to the Caribbean next week to make his pitch to a new audience for why Canada should be given a seat on the UN Security Council.
Trudeau is to fly to the island nation of Barbados on Monday for a two-day visit that coincides with a gathering of leaders from the Caribbean Community, or Caricom.
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While Trudeau is expected to talk to Caribbean leaders about climate change, given the region’s particular vulnerabilities to its impacts, the Security Council seat will also figure prominently.
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The visit south will come after Trudeau concludes a week-long voyage shaking hands with leaders in Africa and Europe in an attempt to lock down votes for a seat at the Security Council table from those countries.
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Canada, Norway and Ireland are the three countries vying for two seats available to Western European countries and Canada, which the winners will occupy for two years.
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Canada last sat on the Security Council in 2000, with Stephen Harper’s Conservative government having lost its bid for a seat in 2010.
That vote is set to take place in June.
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