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Canadian PM Trudeau, Leonardo DiCaprio face off over comments on energy industry

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ANI Melbourne

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Leonardo DiCaprio to tone down his "inflammatory rhetoric" on climate change, chastising his harsh comments on the energy industry.

The 41-year-old actor told the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain town of Davos that corporate greed was causing the climate change, reports News.com.au.

Taking the 'Titanic' actor to task at a dinner later in the day, the head of a Liberal government said that there are families suffering, out of work, who need to be supported, and inflammatory rhetoric doesn't necessarily help those families or help Canada.

Adding on to that, the PM said if DiCaprio actually said if "we took concrete action on climate change he would be the first to come up and celebrate with us.

 

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First Published: Jan 25 2016 | 12:32 PM IST

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