OTTAWA — Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. — Mark Carney’s first major summit as prime minister.
He has two days of meetings scheduled with leaders from the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy, as well as the European Union.
The G7 helps to co-ordinate how liberal democracies respond to economic and social challenges and in recent years has gone beyond economics to focus on global security.
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11:45
Saying a deal to end his trade war with Canada is achievable, U.S. President Donald Trump tells reporters that “we’ll see if we can get to the bottom of it today.”
Trump also rails against the decision to eject Russia from what was then known as the G8 in 2014. He blames former prime minister Justin Trudeau and former U.S. president Barack Obama; Trudeau only became prime minister in 2015.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump are meeting this morning, joined by delegations from both countries. Those in the room include Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Carney’s chief of staff Marco Mendicino and Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman.
The U.S. side includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra.
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11:30 a.m.
Carney and Trump are meeting.
The two are answering questions from media representatives who had been waiting for hours for the meeting to start.
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11 a.m.
A bilateral meeting between Carney and Trump is expected to begin shortly.
It’s Trump’s first visit here since he started calling for Canada’s annexation by the United States and since he launched his tariff war against much of the world.
Trump stormed out of the last G7 summit that Canada hosted in 2018.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2025.
The Canadian Press
