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Foreign Minister Anita Anand started a 'jam-packed' two-day meeting of the G7's top diplomats in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Nov. 11.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 11, 2025

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT.—Heading into her last major gathering of Canada’s G7 presidency, the country's top diplomat proclaimed that it would be a chance to show leadership on the world stage, but as Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand came to Ontario’s Niagara regio...

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