Trudeau government wants to ‘demystify’ G7 summit by involving Canadians
OTTAWA — The Liberal government wants to lift the mystery surrounding the G7 summit as it prepares to host the gathering next year, in hopes that Canadians will feel more included and, perhaps, less inclined to protest on the periphery.
“The idea is to get input from Canadians,” Peter Boehm, the Canadian G7 summit sherpa, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“What are they thinking about some of the big themes in the world, whether it’s economic inclusion, what the jobs of the future might look like, climate change, energy and, indeed, some of the big foreign policy and security questions that might be out there?” said Boehm.
The efforts to open the process up to Canadians includes Boehm speaking at a public event Thursday night, organized by the Toronto branch of the Canadian International Council and the G7 Research Group at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.