In 50 years, the G7’s never had a summit like the one Carney is hosting next month

It’s hard to imagine how the stakes could be higher in the midst of the U.S. president's economic warfare against most of the other attendees.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s last trip to Canada was for the G7 Leaders’ Summit in 2018. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

May 28, 2025

OTTAWA–The Group of Seven took shape in 1975 as a “fireside chat” for the leaders of six of the world’s industrial democracies under the auspices of then-French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing at the Château de Rambouillet on the outskirts of Paris.

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