G7 Canada 2025

The 2025 Canadian Presidency
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the first G7 Summit, Canada is proud to take up the 2025 G7 Presidency. This year will be an opportunity for Canada to demonstrate our leadership and advance meaningful dialogue, collective action and innovative solutions for the benefit of all peoples. The 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17, 2025. From international peace and security to global economic stability and growth, to the digital transition, today’s global challenges and opportunities require us to work together to find shared solutions.

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Mélanie Joly Holds Closing News Conference (CPAC video)
In Charlevoix, Que., Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with reporters as a three-day meeting of G7 foreign ministers comes to a close

G7 drops mention of ‘two-state solution’ from joint statement to get U.S. on board: source
(Globe & Mail) G7 foreign ministers left out any mention of a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from their final communiqué to get the United States to agree to language on Russia, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The communiqué released on Friday instead said there needs to be “a political horizon for the Palestinian people, achieved through a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Bloomberg first reported that the U.S. agreed to call for more sanctions on Russia in the communiqué if it does not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.
The omission marks a major change in language from the G7 nations as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes ahead his post-war plan for Gaza Strip that would see the U.S. take over the territory.
It also stands in contrast with the communiqué released at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in November, prior to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

Joly tells Marco Rubio ‘Canada’s sovereignty is not up to debate, period’
Rubio says Trump’s 51st state comments reflect a ‘disagreement between the president’s position’ and Canada’s
At the G7 foreign ministers meeting in La Malbaie, Que., this week, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly says she told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ‘there’s no conversation about it, there’s no need to talk about’ President Donald Trump’s taunts that Canada should become the 51st state.
Despite the conflict between the two countries over sovereignty, Joly said the G7 ministers decided at the outset of the summit that they were not going to let the issues they did not agree on prevent them from working together in areas where they agree.
Rubio agreed with that sentiment in his press conference saying that often in foreign policy “you have disagreements with people you like” or find yourself “unaligned on an issue with a nation that you work with very closely on a bunch of other things.”
… Joly also said that Canada will seek to build stronger trading relationships with countries other than the U.S.
“Canada wants to foster new partnerships in the world, we want to be closer to Europe, we want to be closer to Britain,” she said. “We need to diversify our economy.”
On the issue of Ukraine, Joly said the G7 is united in supporting a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for the country, which has been endorsed by Kyiv and is now awaiting a response from Russia.
In comments Friday morning, Joly said the international community is closely watching Moscow’s reaction.

12 March
Canada sounds alarm at G7: ‘Nobody is safe’ from Trump’s tactics
As U.S. joins foreign ministers’ gathering in Quebec, Mélanie Joly warns counterparts that they are next.
(Politico) Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly plans to welcome her G7 counterparts to Charlevoix, Quebec, with a warning: “If the U.S. can do this to us, their closest friend, then nobody is safe.”
On the official agenda this week as Canada hosts the G7 foreign ministers: Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Venezuela, but nothing about President Donald Trump’s trade war or sovereignty threats. Yet Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that she plans to raise the issue with the European and British members, while advising them that “Canada is the canary in the coal mine.”
Rubio says Trump’s ‘51st state’ plan not on G7 summit agenda in Canada
Secretary of state’s visit has backdrop of trade war between US and allies and Trump’s threats to take over Canada
Rubio says he wants the G7 to be “constructive” but Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy has left Washington’s longtime allies scrambling. European countries descended further into a tit-for-tat trade war with the US on Wednesday after Trump’s tariffs on all US steel and aluminium imports took effect.
Canada calls for unity and pushes back on U.S. tariffs as G7 ministers gather in Quebec
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries to Quebec this week, as Ottawa works to maintain unity between Washington and its Group of Seven partners and pushes back on U.S. tariffs.
“We all need to band together in the best way that we can,” said Sen. Peter Boehm, a former diplomat who played a central role in Canada’s participation in the G7 for decades.
“Success is getting a statement out that is consensual, and that touches all of the bases.”
The foreign ministers of the G7 nations will meet from late Wednesday to Friday afternoon in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to attend, alongside representatives from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the European Union.
Joly said Wednesday morning that she also will use the meeting to push back on U.S. tariffs.
“In every single meeting, I will raise the issue of tariffs to co-ordinate our response with the Europeans and to put pressure on the Americans,” Joly said.
She added that Trump’s “unjustifiable trade war” is based on a series of pretexts and seems to be aimed at eventually annexing Canada.
Rubio, meanwhile, has said the G7 meeting will focus on Ukraine and North American security.
“It is not a meeting about how we’re going to take over Canada,” Rubio told reporters in Ireland, adding Trump’s tariffs are “policy decisions” and that Trump himself is putting forward the idea of Canada joining the U.S.

18 February
Canada’s G7 preppers
By Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Sue Allan
(Politico Ottawa Playbook) Trump wants Putin back in
Russia should rejoin G7, Trump says
Moscow never would have invaded Ukraine if it still had a seat at the table, the president insisted.
17 days until the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
Fill in the blanks: Ottawa’s ambition for Canada’s 2025 G7 presidency is still mostly a mystery. Seven years after the Trump outburst that capped the summit in Quebec, Canadians are in a moment of considerable flux.
For starters, it’s not clear who the prime minister will be when foreign leaders arrive in Canada. Plus, the state of Canada-U.S. relations in June is anybody’s guess.
But bureaucrats have been planning the calendar for months. Deputy ministers have been coordinating interdepartmental efforts since at least October.
G7 foreign ministers are set to meet March 12-14 in Charlevoix, Quebec.
A trail of briefing notes offers clues to what’s on tap — including a potential spotlight on energy affordability.
Cindy Termorshuizen is Trudeau’s sherpa, running point on G7 planning, working with high-ranking officials from the other six countries.
Sherpas typically meet a few times ahead of the summit. Termorshuizen kicked things off with a Vancouver check-in on Jan. 29-31.
Termorshuizen is also “conducting targeted engagement with government and industry representatives, Indigenous Peoples, academics, youth, women, and various experts,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement.
On Feb. 4, she met with G7 “engagement groups” — non-government bodies that advise the member states.
Agenda pieces: Canada’s G7 website refers to issues ranging from “international peace and security to global economic stability and growth, to the digital transition.” In France last week, Trudeau added artificial intelligence to the agenda.

15 February
Joint G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement – Meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers on the margins of the Munich Security Conference
The G7 members discussed Russia’s devasting war in Ukraine. They underscored their commitment to work together to help to achieve a durable peace and a strong and prosperous Ukraine and reaffirmed the need to develop robust security guarantees to ensure the war will not begin again.
The G7 members welcomed their discussion today with Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. They recalled the G7’s important contribution towards ending the war in Ukraine, including through measures pursuant to the G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine, by supporting Ukraine financially through the use of extraordinary revenues stemming from Russian Sovereign Assets, by imposing further cost on Russia, if they do not negotiate in good faith, through caps on oil and gas prices, and by making sanctions against Russia more effective. Any new, additional sanctions after February should be linked to whether the Russian Federation enters into real, good-faith efforts to bring an enduring end to the war against Ukraine that provides Ukraine with long-term security and stability as a sovereign, independent country. The G7 members reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its freedom, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
The G7 members discussed the provision to Russia of dual-use assistance by China and of military assistance by DPRK and Iran. They condemned all such support.
The G7 members discussed political, security and humanitarian issues in the Middle East, including in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, and their commitment to advancing regional peace and stability. They underscored the importance of a durable, Israeli-Palestinian peace.

1 February
Policy Q&A: Former G7 Sherpa Sen. Peter Boehm on Trump, Charlevoix and Bracing for Kananaskis
As Canada prepares for Kananaskis, our seventh summit and the 51st in the series, there are a number of “known unknowns”. First, it is unclear who will be the prime ministerial host and in that context what Canada’s thematic priorities will be. A change in government will almost certainly cause some priorities to change. Second, there will only be time for some hastily arranged ministerial meetings supporting the process and the agenda before June. Foreign and finance ministers’ meetings will be key. Ditto on Sherpa meetings to plan the discussions.
In my view, given the politics, the timing crunch, the rise of the BRICS, and the ‘known unknowns’, Canada should plan for a ‘G7 Lite’ summit and agenda as a bid to strengthen if not save the institution.
But there is more. With Trump’s aversion to multilateral meetings, it is not clear whether he would even wish to attend or whether he would make the promise of his attendance contingent on some unknown concession on Canada’s part. Or a concession on the part of the collective. Invite Vladimir? Unlike in our system, it is highly unlikely that he will receive dispassionate, reasonable policy guidance from advisors he has favoured for their loyalty over any knowledge or judgment they may possess. Or would he simply wish to be present to draw attention and be a spoiler?
He is already upsetting us and the Europeans with his threats and statements. Will things get to a point where there might be a meeting of the G-6 with the number-one agenda item being a discussion on how to deal with the US? Will this venerable, informal global institution fall apart? Given Trump’s repeated statements and odd musings about Canada during the first days of his presidency, one could argue that anything is possible.
In a very short period of time, a new prime minister will need to rely heavily on the Sherpa and the senior public service for advice, guidance and counsel. Close coordination with the “like minded” (and working hard with the US) will be essential. This will require an investment in personal diplomacy at the very top that will be time consuming. To say nothing of luck.

29 January
The Road to Kananaskis: Making the G6 Great Again?
By Lisa Van Dusen
In a recent Policy Q & A, Peter Boehm, the independent Canadian senator, six-time G7 Sherpa and former career diplomat, made a number of recommendations as to how to Trump-proof (not in so many words) the upcoming Kananaskis G7. He also raised a possibility.
“Will things get to a point where there might be a meeting of the G6 with the number-one agenda item being a discussion on how to deal with the US?” Boehm said. “Given Trump’s repeated statements and odd musings about Canada during the first days of his presidency, one could argue that anything is possible.”
Indeed, given the early, autocratic course the Trump presidency has taken both domestically and internationally, the question of what to do about the Kananaskis G7, scheduled for June 15-17 will begin to loom larger, especially if he does impose falsely rationalized, illegal tariffs against the host country.
As with so many choices compelled by the 21st-century political and geopolitical domination tactics for which Donald Trump has become an unofficial, undiplomatic global ambassador, this one is extraordinary and replete with potential consequences, foreseeable and not.
Either the G7 refrains from the heretofore unimaginable act of suspending the United States and is subjected to another G-hijacking, complete with performative scene-stealing and a working lunch upstaged by trade-war talk over elk terrine; or, the G7 suspends the United States and is portrayed in the usual propaganda circles as weakened for being reduced to the G6 (cue comparisons to the lately expanded BRICs membership — absent the detail that the principal privilege of that membership is protected, protracted personal power — followed by a predictable if not preordained threat from Trump to join it).

Autocracy Without Borders: Hogue Report Highlights Need for Action on Transnational Repression
Kyle Matthews
(Policy) Canada’s presidency of the G7 in 2025 presents a pivotal opportunity to lead the global fight against transnational repression. While this leadership must begin at home by strengthening our domestic frameworks and extending protections to those at risk, it is also essential that we galvanize allied democracies to confront transnational repression collectively. …
The stakes of inaction are too great to ignore. Transnational repression not only endangers individual lives but also erodes the very foundations of democracy and trust in public institutions. In her recent book Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, author Anne Applebaum explains how authoritarian regimes, most notably China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, are targeting the fabric of our societies, undermining security, and exploiting divisions to advance their agendas.
The Canadian government has a moral and strategic imperative to act. As Ottawa prepares to take the helm of the G7, it can lead by example, forging a path that defends democracy and human rights not just within our borders, but across the globe. Canada must rise to this challenge—for the safety of its citizens, the protection of its diaspora communities, and the preservation of democratic values worldwide.