Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand gives precursor of Canada's UN General Assembly

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Ahead of her own address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand offered a "precursor" of that speech to reporters Wednesday. For the second year in a row, Anand is set to step up to the main podium and speak in place of Prime Minister Mark Carney — who reportedly has a scheduling conflict — on Saturday, at the UN's New York City headquarters. According to the Liberal minister, Canada's speech will represent Canadian foreign policy on Ukraine, the Middle East, and Arctic sovereignty, among other topics. Anand's speech will come days after U.S. President Donald Trump's, who did not address the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war, but acknowledged his recently signed Arctic security deal with Denmark and Greenland. Trump has previously pushed for the U.S. to annex both Greenland and Canada, partly for the benefit of their Arctic presences. Over the past two days, world leaders have stood before their counterparts at the

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