Will Mark Carney, the New Canadian Prime Minister and Host of the G7 Leaders’ Summit 2025, chart a new course for Canada?
Canada welcomes the opportunity for a reset, and the international stage provided by the G7 Leaders’ Summit June 15-17 provides a world class stage. Prime Minister Mark Carney is no stranger to the attendees. And, he is also experienced, competent and qualified for the work he is about to begin on behalf of Canada at the G7 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta. Some in Canada are even saying that the Prime Minister is quietly moving the Liberal Party, the Prime Ministers’ Office and government back to Centre after a decade of left-leaning policy and politics. We shall have to wait and see, as the Prime Ministers interests, initiatives, and results will tell the story.
The Host nation drives the Agenda and Canada is prioritizing strengthening global economic stability during trade tensions (avoiding trade war with the USA), promoting climate action and wildfire response, continuing financial support for Ukraine and countering authoritarian threats, accelerating the digital transition and “responsible” AI (whatever that means), building global partnerships and alliances with G7 members and non-members and attracting investment, advancing energy security and supply chains for critical minerals and leveraging Albertas’ oil resources (to reduce dependency on adversaries like China). There are many barriers to navigate in all areas but I have the distinct feeling that the driver will be EU interests.
Skillfully handling domestic and global dynamics will challenge tempers and sensibilities regarding what’s worth fighting for and what can sit in the background -until post G7 ministerial meetings, ad hoc meetings, and engagement groups in the year to come. Expect non-G7 guests EU, India, and Ukraine to support efforts to build global coalitions to address current and emerging conflict of interest to them. Israel, Russia and China are left behind.
While decisions are non-binding, G7 commitments shape global policy leveraged by the memberships’ economic weight est. at 30-40% of the global economy. Also, expect reaffirmation of existing commitments especially regarding climate change and perhaps gender equality.
Perhaps the most progress will be made in the bilateral meetings on the core issues in energy, trade and security of borders against migrants, drugs and crime.
This G7 this year will not produce a Joint Communique which hints that broad consensus is expected to fall out of reach. Maybe President Trump is an outlier?
And controversy in some communities (Sikh) in Canada is bubbling regarding the inclusion of non-member India (Modi), invited by Canada in recognition of an opportunity for economic partnerships with G7 and in pursuit of energy security as India’s central role in supply chains receives a nod from G7 members.
Prime Minister Carneys driving sentiment is clearly globalist. Canada is perhaps a stepping-stone in this context. Some of the results he supports may help Canada, but Alberta is likely the loser as domestic tensions will be brought to heel with EU support to counter possible resistance from Trump and Albertas’ separation interest.
Make no mistake. Prime Minister Carney is in control of the outcome for Canada and Alberta. And we can safely predict that it will be business as usual with few benefits to Alberta and some small benefit to Canada as we pivot onto the world stage as a servant and, I dare say, possibly a colony to the global elite.
How astonishing that any “gender” matter should be on the list for discussion. Have they nothing better to talk about than the embarrassing matter of people’s private parts? This weird, trivial issue has to be dropped, firstly as a waste of public money and second as a matter of decency. We have a world war on the threshold, raise your sights!
What has come out of the Canadian Election vote recounts?