Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian economy is in a good position to weather the storm in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.​

"Canada has tremendous economic fundamentals that we are strengthening with key investments in infrastructure and measures to grow our middle class," Trudeau said Friday in his first public statement since the U.K. chose in Friday's Brexit vote to exit the 28-member trading bloc.

"We are well positioned to weather global market uncertainty as we have done in the past."

Trudeau said Canada shares deep historical ties and common values with the U.K. and the EU, and will continue to work with both.

"We will continue to build relations with both parties as they forge a new relationship.

"Canada's connections to our partners around the world are among its greatest assets, and these relationships contribute greatly to the prosperity of all Canadians," he said in a statement.

To the surprise of many, British Prime Minister David Cameron didn't wait long before announcing he would step down by the fall.

Trudeau gave Cameron a nod, saying: "On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to thank him for being such a close ally and good friend to our country. We wish him well."

The fate of the Canada and European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was on the mind of ministers in Trudeau's government as well as the Official Opposition Friday.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who touted CETA as a "gold-plated trade deal," echoed Trudeau's remarks and said she had already spoken with her EU counterpart.

"I was in touch early this morning with the EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, about our commitment to CETA and to deepening our trading relationship," Freeland said in a written statement.

"We remain committed to growing global trade that is good for Canada's economy, good for the environment, good for labour, and good for people," she said.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, whose predecessor — former prime minister Stephen Harper — negotiated the initial Canada-EU free trade deal, urged the Liberal government to "continue to fight for the ratification" of CETA despite Friday's dramatic results.

"While there are worldwide implications that will flow from the new path forward that the UK has chosen, for Canada it will be important for our government to maintain strong ties with the UK," Ambrose said in a written statement Friday.

"This significant trade agreement can generate new jobs and new customers for Canadian goods and services, and the Liberal government must show leadership to ensure it does not become a casualty of a period of uncertainty in Europe," Ambrose said.

Conservative MP Jason Kenney, a longtime immigration minister under the previous Conservative government, tweeted congratulations to the British people for "embracing a confident, sovereign future" Friday morning.

Kenney also called on Trudeau to make negotiation of a Canada-UK trade deal a priority — and he criticized Trudeau for comments the prime minister made on Wednesday.

"Justin Trudeau was wrong to interfere in the British people's internal democratic decision on EU membership. A terrible, short-sighted gaffe," Kenney tweeted.

In his press conference to mark the end of the parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, Trudeau said the outcome was up to the British people, but made it clear he thought Britain and the EU are "stronger together."