Bono, Spacey and DiCaprio: Trudeau chats with celebrities at Davos reception

Justin Trudeau hobnobbed with celebrities at Davosin the Swiss Alps for the World Economic Forum.

Canada's prime minister attended a private reception Wednesdayhosted byChinese business magnate and philanthropist Jack Ma. The roughly 40 guests included celebrity A-listers, such asU2 frontman Bono,and actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kevin Spacey, all attendingthe WEF.

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Sources tell CBC News thatTrudeau had the chance to chat with Bono, whose advocacy work on a variety of issues has made hima regular at the annualDavos summit, as well asHouse ofCards star Spacey, whoplays the president of the United States in the popularNetflix series,and is speaking at the summit Thursday about the"theatricality of American politics in this election year."

Oscar-nominated star DiCaprio, who received an award at the WEF summit on Tuesday for his work on environmental causes,arrived as Trudeau wasabout to leave,and they also had a brief chat.

The prime ministerattended the dinnerafterdeliveringan impassionedpitch to the summit's elite audienceto invest their money in Canada.

"If you are looking for a country that has the diversity, the resilience, the positivity and the confidence that will not just manage this change, but take advantage of it, there has never been a better time to look to Canada," Trudeausaid.

The receptioncame only hours after DiCaprio delivered a scathing speech denouncing the fossil fuel industries.

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was honoured for his work against the climate crisis and then he blames corporate greed for climate crisis.

"We simply cannot afford to allow the corporate greed of the coal, oil and gas industries to determine the future of humanity," DiCaprio said, telling the audience climate change is the great challenge of our time.

"Those entities with a financial interest in preserving this destructive system have denied and even covered up the evidence of our changing climate,"said the star of The Revenant.

DiCaprio announced at Davos thathis foundation would donate $15 million US to environmental projects.

Bono met Trudeau,former prime minister Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair on Parliament Hill last summer, during a visit to press for greater foreign aid.

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