The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, concludes this Sunday in Toronto and surrounding areas his five-day official visit to Canada, dedicated to the Portuguese emigrant communities in this country.
At the end of the day, the head of state will travel to New York, where he will take part in the general debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly until Friday.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began his visit to Canada on Wednesday, where about 450,000 people of Portuguese descent live, according to the 2021 census.
This Sunday, your itinerary includes a tour of Toronto’s most Portuguese neighbourhood, known as “Little Portugal”, past a mural by Portuguese artist Vils honoring the union struggle of Portuguese workers in Canada and a Portuguese patisserie.
This is followed in the afternoon by a visit to the Portuguese Canadian Benevolent Society, an institution that supports people with disabilities, in Mississauga, a city near Toronto, the last stop of this official visit.
During these five days, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza’s program was divided between Canada’s two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal.
Although he did not travel to the capital Ottawa, the head of state met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a hotel in Toronto.
Justin Trudeau was also with the President of the Republic at the exhibition commemorating the arrival of the first officially registered Portuguese emigrants to Canada 70 years ago.
The so-called pioneers arrived in 1953 after the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1952.
In Canada, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was accompanied on the first three days of the visit by MPs from six parties with parliamentary groups, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho and Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities Paulo. Kafofo, who joined the delegation in Toronto.
The deputies who were part of the presidential delegation were João Azevedo and Castro from the PS, Francisco Pimentel from the PSD, Diogo Pacheco de Amorim from Chega, Rodrigo Saraiva, parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative, Bruno Dias from the PCP. and José Soeiro from the Left Bloc.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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