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Canadian prime minister slams rise of ‘authoritarianism’

Trudeau called Canadian lithium more expensive ‘because we don’t use slave labour’ [File: Mary Altaffer/AP Photo]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given a speech denouncing the rise of authoritarianism around the world and calling on democracies to live up to their ideals through trade and foreign policy.

“If we don’t step up, other forces will step in. As like-minded democracies, as major economies, we need to work together to meet this moment,” Trudeau said in remarks on Friday to the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank based in the United States city of New York.

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