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TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY is to travel to Canada next week for a three-day visit where he will meet his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau.
Kenny will be in Canada from 3-5 May and will meet Trudeau in the city of Montréal next Thursday.
The office of the Canadian prime minister confirmed the visit yesterday and said that the pair would discuss areas of common interest including the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
“Ireland is a close friend, and I look forward to meeting with Taoiseach Kenny to further deepen this relationship,” Trudeau said in a statement.
Our two countries enjoy strong family ties, a shared history, and a common purpose. Now, we are collaborating again to ensure that CETA creates good, well-paying middle-class jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.
An Taoiseach’s schedule for the Canadian trip sees him meet with Trudeau on the morning of 4 May before he attends a lunch with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.
That evening he will travel to Toronto where he will be a guest at a dinner hosted by Enterprise Ireland.
The following day the Taoiseach will stay in Toronto and will attend business and tourism functions before an evening dinner hosted by the Ireland Fund.
The Canadian prime minister’s office notes that the Irish-Canadian community is one of the country’s largest ethnic groups in the country with more than 4.5 million Canadians claiming Irish ancestry.
Merchandise trade between the two nations was €1.62 billion last year with Canadian foreign direct investment in Ireland estimated at €9.43 billion in 2015.
In that same year, Irish FDI in Canada was estimated at €4.24 billion.
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No problem with Monday its Tuesday I’m fearing!
Yeah, its true, we really should just stop and think about where we’re at.We take for granted our mental state of health . Unfortunately, we are always planning ahead for and not chillin out and enjoying the moment. Financial stress does this to us all.Its not easy to be in the here and now but we must try, as we owe it to ourselves.So cmon, its a new day, altogether now, Breathe in, Breathe out, breathe in, Breathe out, Ah im exhausted already, im goin back asleep!
I hope I win the lotto, I hope I win the lotto, I hope I win the lotto….
Perhaps at Easter there is a Christian answer to stress rather than having to go to Eastern philosophies
What would that be then?
What’s wrong with trying things from other cultures and faiths? It broadens the mind, no-one has all the answers. Seems quite un-Christian to close your mind to the thoughts and philosophies of others simply because the aren’t attached directly to your faith, Jesus wouldn’t have gained too many followers if he’d taken that approach, he loved everyone.
Some might say the pressures placed on younger people to live that perfect Christian life is part of the problem causing pressures and stress on people?
I am Christian and believe in living s good life and loving others etc etc but an wholly against the ‘church’ preaching, aged men who never have had a relationship, instructing us on how to manage ours etc, crazy stuff!
Well Budda preached the truth is within you path to enlightment Jesus preached that he was the truth and could forgive sin
Keep praying.
Well believing in teaching of Buddha and Jesus at same time is contradictory Bit like supporting FG and People before Profit at the same time They believe in different things
Another top tip, not mentioned in the article, is to try and avoid thejournal.ie entirely.
By sheer coincidence here’s my blog on my experience of mindfulness featuring a reference to 1916 for the week that’s in it:
I’m pissed
Me too.
And you don’t think that Fine Gael might have some policies you agree with and so might People before Profit. They are not mutually exclusive. You as an individual can decide what you agree with, so can everyone else.
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