Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and international pop star Katy Perry took their relationship to the next level, appearing together at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, where Trudeau gave a speech to the world’s elite about the virtues of soft power.

“Eighty years of stability and prosperity that the world has seen since the end of the horrors of World War II are over,” Trudeau said, as Perry watched from the front row.

“That era is over. We are now in a transition period where we are creating a new world to live in,” he added.

That new world, Trudeau said, is one in which great powers use “hard power,” including military power and economic dominance, to advance their narrow national interests.

The former prime minister said that investment in people, diplomacy and trade helps societies thrive at home and that prosperity combined with deep friendships with other countries helps countries overcome global challenges.

In recent years, Trudeau said, those challenges have come in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the rise of populism and economic disruption.

“We are witnessing the decline of democracies and democratic values ​​everywhere around the world, including some of the world’s historically strongest democracies,” Trudeau said.

The diplomatic, financial and military support of the international community to Ukraine, as well as the national unity in this country that resulted in Canada’s approach to the trade war with the United States, are examples of the strength of soft power, Trudeau said.

Referring to a recent “date with an American woman at a rooftop bar in Montreal,” Trudeau said that “when she ordered a Jack and Coca-Cola, the server politely informed her that there was no more American alcohol, not just at that bar, but anywhere in Montreal and probably anywhere in the country.

“It’s an example of Canadians fighting for each other, it’s an example of soft power, of being motivated to be there for each other in times of stress, in times of anxiety,” Trudeau said.

The former prime minister did not confirm that Perry is an American, but in July the couple was spotted drinking together in Montreal in the trendy bar Taverne Atlantic, which Trudeau frequented.

Since then, the pair have appeared in numerous locations around the world as their romance has developed.

In October, Britain’s Daily Mail published photos of the couple in an intimate embrace on Perry’s yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Later that month, the pair were seen holding hands as they left the cabaret at Crazy Horse in Paris.

In December, both Trudeau and Perry posted pictures on their social accounts detailing their trip to Japan, where they toured Tokyo and had lunch with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko.

“Katy and I were so happy to have the opportunity to sit down with you and Yuko,” Trudeau wrote on the X. “Thank you, Fumio, for your friendship and your enduring commitment to a rules-based international order and a better future for all.”