The latest: G7 meeting in Kananaskis gets underway

By Canadian Press on June 16, 2025.

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.

Here’s the latest. All times Eastern.

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11 a.m.

A bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald 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 and has not visited Canada since.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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