CANADA MOVES TO DEEPEN TIES WITH A&B, REST OF CARICOM

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has held bilateral talks with his Antigua and Barbuda counterpart, the Right Honourable Gaston Browne, in efforts to deepen ties.

The Canadian leader held the meeting at Government House in St John’s on Tuesday, as he attends his first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

He also participated in a Canada-Caricom Breakfast meeting, where leaders pledged to increase levels of cooperation in trade, education and human resource development.

Elesha George reports.