Mitsotakis, on Canadian TV, touts ‘rather impressive’ economic comeback

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a Canadian TV host Sunday that Greece is open for business.

Mitsotakis, the first Greek prime minister to visit Canada in more than 40 years, sat down with CTV's Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in Montreal for an exclusive interview airing Sunday, during his visit to Canada over the weekend.

Economists are predicting stable economic growth and cooling inflation in the coming years for Greece, after more than a decade of deep economic crisis.

"Greece has been making, I think, a rather impressive comeback economically, we've left the crisis behind us," he said. "And I feel this is a good time to make the case also to the Canadian business community that they should take a good look at Greece and consider deploying capital there."

Mitsotakis in his interview also discussed defense spending — and the need for Canada...