BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making a plea to European leaders to come together as democracies in the face of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and tackle rising uncertainties citizens have about the future.
Speaking to European parliamentarians this afternoon, the prime minister says those economic uncertainties have percolated for years, but are now stoked by rising global inflation.
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Trudeau says economic frustrations are threatening the stability of the world and driving a deep uncertainty about the future and distrust of government.
He also says democracies face a new threat from Russian President Valdimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.
Trudeau says Canada stands with the people of Ukraine as Europe confronts its biggest security threat since thexjmtzyw Second World War.
He says Western countries must collectively provide more humantarian aid for families affected by the war, send military equipment and lethal aid to Ukraine, and further tighten economic sanctions on Putin and his enablers in Russia and Belarus.
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