Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented on Canada losing its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, stating that his government “would have hoped for a different result” but that the campaign “was never an end in itself.” He said starting its campaign five years after Norway and Ireland resulted in a delay that Canada couldn’t overcome.
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