Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will use his speech to the world's largest gathering of diplomats to highlight one of Canada's greatest domestic challenges — seeking reconciliation with the country's Indigenous people. A senior government official tells CBC News the speech to the United Nations General Assembly will be a frank acknowledgement of Canada's failures on that front. It will be a significant departure from Trudeau's first speech to the general assembly one year ago. British Prime Minister Theresa May pointedly told the UN that "pledging is only the first step. Multiple government officials say Trudeau won't focus on peacekeeping in his speech to the general assembly — it might not even get a mention when the prime minister is at the podium.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2017 08:59 UTC