Trudeau who will attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next week

The Summit of the Americas will take place June 7-11, but Trudeau will first travel to Colorado on Tuesday before heading to Los Angeles for summit meetings.

On the route to California, Trudeau and Defense Minister Anita Anand will also visit Colorado Springs, home of the jointly commissioned continental defense system known as NORAD.

Military analysts have been waiting several months to learn more about how Canada and the United States plan to modernize the NORAD system, especially in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though it’s not clear whether an announcement is imminent.

In Los Angeles, the social and humanitarian impact of the war on Ukraine will be the main theme of the talks, as well as new ways to address the challenges of global migration, including those facing the United States on its southern border.

Climate on the menu

Mr. will also accompany. Trudeau will be joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, who will participate in additional meetings on climate change and environmental protection.

The Prime Minister Emphasize the importance of adopting ambitious climate action, among other things to protect our oceans and reduce pollution, while creating good jobs and growing the economysaid his office in a statement. He also aims to promote democracy and emphasize the continued importance of testing and treatment with COVID-19 to identify new variants and contain future outbreaks.

However, immigration is expected to be the dominant topic of the summit. Mr. Biden is expected to seek a hemispheric buy-in for a comprehensive approach to address the roots caused by irregular migration.

This approach will recognize the role of economic and security challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere Juan Gonzalez said earlier this week.

Joe Biden will propose what Mr. Gonzalez described as an approach of shared responsibility and economic support for the countries most affected by the migration movement. It also includes a multilateral statement of unity and determination to control the crisis.

Leaders in the region who may be origin, transit or destination countries for migration are coming together behind a plan that recognizes that the challenge of migration does not lie on the U.S. border, but it is the one that has an impact on all countries in Americaexplained Juan Gonzalez.

There is no place for authoritarian countries

Defending key democratic values ​​will also be a major focus in Los Angeles, which partly explains why the United States did not invite the leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to attend – three authoritarian countries with questionable track records. in matters of human rights.

Others, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Bolivian President Luis Arce, have vowed not to attend unless all heads of government in the hemisphere are invited.

The United States has not yet released a final list of participants. The White House insisted earlier this week that there was still plenty of time.

Mr. Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said Wednesday that there is a few more final considerations, and when we’ve put them together, we’ll share them.