The President of the Commission on Foreign Relations of North America, Gina Cruz Blackledge, and the Minister of Heritage and Multiculturalism of Canada, Pablo Rodríguez, held a meeting during which they agreed on the concern to further develop the regional content on virtual platforms.

“We must recognize that the media currently relies on technological advances, and we must also consider the need for a dynamic information ecosystem to continue to exist, without forgetting the work that has been generated with modernity,” said said the legislator. .

In his speech, the Canadian Minister of Heritage and Multiculturalism pointed out that, given the value of journalistic work in his country, he presented a draft of three bills for the giants of the web in order to contribute to the fairness, independence and freedom of the press to strengthen democracy.

Likewise, Cruz Blackledge underscored the importance of the relationship between Canada and Mexico, as for 78 years the two nations have shared a multi-faceted relationship characterized by deep people-to-people ties, extensive cultural ties and increased investment and Trade.

Mexico and Canada are characterized by the talent that their people bring to world culture, added the blue and white senator, and affirmed that affinities are much more important than possible differences despite the distances, since an authentic brotherhood was built between the two nations.

The legislator also expressed her solidarity and offered the support of the Senate of the Republic, after the damage left by the storm Fiona across Canadian territory.

Also present at the meeting were Ambassador Graeme C. Clark and parliamentarians Shelby Kramp-Newman and Martin Champoux, as well as senators from Acción Nacional, the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Morena.

Finally, Cruz Blackledge stressed that as Chair of the Committee on North American Foreign Relations, she values ​​and appreciates these meetings, which have always been very beneficial in achieving the common objectives of the region.

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Statement from the Office of Senator Gina Andrea Cruz Blackledge