Justin Trudeau leadership race. On October 2, 2012, Trudeau held a rally in Montreal to launch his bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party. The core people on his campaign team were considered longtime friends, and all in their 30s and 40s. His senior advisor was Gerald Butts, the former President of WWF-Canada who had previously served as principal secretary to former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty. Other senior aides included campaign manager Katie Telford, and policy advisors Mike McNeir and Robert Asselin, who had all worked for recent Liberal Party leaders. His brother Alexandre also took a break from his documentary
International reactions to the 2016–17 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar the Rohingya population within the framework of the Burmese nation. Only these will make peaceful coexistence among different ethnicities in this State of Myanmar possible". The Belgian embassy in Myanmar demanded access for international NGOs to Rakhine State. Brazil has strongly supported resolutions adopted by bodies in the United Nations to find a permanent solution for the Rohingya. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed the situation during a telephone call to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Canadian government pledged for relief support of Rohingya refugees. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the violence against the Rohingya "looks a lot