President Joe Biden met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday in a virtual meeting where the two leaders affirmed bilateral ties and discussed matters surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, among other topics. “The United States has no closer friend than Canada,” Biden said from the Roosevelt Room at the White House. “That’s why you were my first call as president, [and] my first bilateral meeting.” Biden said the topics they’d discuss would be “COVID-19, economic recovery, climate change, refugees and migration, fighting for our democratic values on a global stage, and strengthening our own democracies at home.” “The sooner we get this pandemic under control, the better. And I look forward to seeing you in person in the future,” Biden added. The pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus had forced the U.S. president to convene virtually with his Canadian counterpart. Trudeau was the first …