Carney says Canada to focus on peace, energy security and new partnerships at G7 meeting

Canada has unveiled its priorities for the G7 Summit of leaders only one week before starting in Alberta while the government defends its decision to invite India to the summit.

Prime minister Mark Carney’s The office says that Ottawa’s absolute priority for the summit will be to strengthen world peace and security, which include the fight against foreign interference and transnational crime, as well as improving responses to forest fires.

Its office also claims that Canada will focus on economic stimulation by improving energy safety, strengthening the supply chains for critical minerals and accelerating the use of artificial intelligence.

Finally, Canada will discuss job creation by obtaining partnerships to open new markets and generate major investments in infrastructure.

In addition, Canada plans to use its invitation to guests outside the group to discuss how to guarantee lasting peace in Ukraine and “build coalitions with reliable partners”.

Carney is organizing the summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17, welcoming US President Donald Trump during his first visit to Canada during this presidential quarter.

Canada expects to welcome the leaders of other liberal democracies that make up G7: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and the European Union.

Analysts say that the summit met under a time crisis, Ottawa choosing the date of June ago before former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned and a federal electoral campaign – which traditionally slows down work in the public service.

In addition to G7 members, the host country can invite other leaders to give priority nations a voice at the top.

Carney revealed on Friday that he had extended an invitation to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite the RCMP accusing New Delhi generalized acts of murder, extortion and coercion mainly against Sikhs militants in Canada, including an assassination near Vancouver two years ago.

At least four other international leaders have accepted their invitations to Kananaskis: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanian, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazilian President Luiz at ácio Lula da Silva.

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said she was considering Canada’s invitation.

The NPD and the main Sikh groups in Canada have condemned Carney’s decision to invite Modi, arguing that this decision puts economic concerns before human rights.

Supriya Dwivedi, former main councilor of the previous Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ridiculed the invitation while the Government of Carney “thought that some Canadian lives count more than others,” she wrote on the Bluesky platform.

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“It will also be incredibly difficult to take everything that this (government) says about transnational repression and foreign interference, given this pivot,” she wrote.

Others said it was time for Canada to manage security problems through a process structured with India and not to leave criminal allegations and India concerns about SIKH separatism dominates bilateral relationship.

During a virtual press conference on Saturday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand stressed that her government “will not undermine” the RCMP investigation on crime presumed by Indian agents.

“The fact that the leaders of a certain number of countries have been invited to this meeting should not harm the importance of the independent investigation which is underway and the legal considerations which are absolutely essential,” she said.

Anand said that Carney decides which countries benefit from an invitation and was circumspect on the criteria that Ottawa uses to choose the managers to invite.

“The meeting will allow world leaders to discuss questions of global concern, which is the general objective of this meeting, and we are honored to be able to invite leaders in our country,” she said.

“The Prime Minister will welcome these leaders for a discussion (on) very serious questions that affect the global economy and the geostrategic environment.”

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