Justin Trudeau

“It is a time to pull people together,” Trudeau said. “It is a time to listen, to learn what injustices continue despite progress over years and decades.”

"These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time," Trudeau said.

"These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time," Trudeau said.

All "non-essential traffic" between the two countries will be prohibited.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the new coronavirus.

Iran has rejected Trudeau's call to send the "black box" flight recorders from the plane abroad to be decoded. Trudeau said he had repeated that demand on Friday.

Trudeau said Canada did not receive a heads up before the United States killed Soleimani, and that he "obviously" would have preferred one.

"This tragedy should have never occurred, and I want to assure you that you have my full support during this extraordinarily difficult time," said Trudeau.

A senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday, in a broadcast on Iranian state television, that Iran misidentified the Ukrainian airliner as a cruise missile.