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Canada-Mexico Action Plan

The Prime Minister of Canada and the President of Mexico have committed themselves to renew a relationship that draws on the diverse strengths of all citizens, putting their well-being and interests at the centre of our bilateral cooperation. This commitment recognizes a shared vision to build more prosperous, sustainable, safe, and equitable societies for all as well as to contribute to the integrity and competitiveness of the North American region. The creation of the Canada-Mexico Action Plan establishes a strengthened partnership built on 9 pillars that outlines our citizens’ priorities and the initiatives that will advance them:

  1. Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
  2. Gender equality and women’s empowerment
  3. Trade and investment
  4. Anti-racism
  5. Youth engagement
  6. Peace and security
  7. Tourism, migration and human mobility
  8. Environment and climate change
  9. Cooperation in the face of future health crises

1. Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

Canada and Mexico recognize the opportunity to jointly build platforms to allow Indigenous Peoples to share best practices, lessons learned, and address common issues in building inclusive societies with Indigenous communities that favour self-reliance, prosperity, and well-being in the region to achieve social justice.

2. Gender equality and women’s empowerment

The leaders re-affirmed their shared commitment to demonstrate leadership regionally and globally on promoting and protecting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerments, including on sexual and reproductive health rights and access to equal educational opportunities.

3. Trade and investment

Canada and Mexico maintain their commitment to work on inclusive trade and investment in building a sustainable economic recovery that places people, creation of good middle-class jobs, and well-being and quality of life of citizens at the center.

4. Anti-racism

Both leaders re-affirmed the need to address inequality and racial discrimination and combat all forms of discrimination and hate, and committed themselves to work towards more just and inclusive societies.

5. Youth engagement

Both leaders recognize the importance of youth participation in civil and decision-making processes to innovate towards an ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable future and bilateral relationship.

6. Peace and security

Canada and Mexico are committed to find opportunities to strengthen justice, international peace, and security cooperation, including through the international multilateral system.

7. Tourism, migration and human mobility

The increasing exchange of students, workers, tourists, and businesspeople strengthen and deepen economic and social ties between Canada and Mexico. Concurrently, both countries recognize the need to work together to create safe, regular and orderly migration in response to regional migratory trends.

8. Environment and climate change

Both leaders have reiterated the imperative to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

9. Cooperation in the face of future health crises

Canada and Mexico are committed to strengthening their cooperation in the field of public health at bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels collaborating with a various stakeholders sharing a vision of a world safe and secure from global health threats caused by diseases.

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