Canada’s G7 moment: rewrite the script or play along?

Mounting contradictions have dulled the G7’s edge. Canada can lead it toward revitalization—or be complicit in its decline.

As the G7’s 2025 president, Canada, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, can uphold the status quo or help redefine its resolve, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

June 5, 2025

OTTAWA—As the G7 prepares for the photo-ops in Kananaskis, Alta., its legitimacy is hanging by a thread. Its promises have fallen flat, its unity is strained, and its moral voice is fading fast. As the G7’s 2025 president, Canada can either uphold the status quo, or help...

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