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Jun 17 2025

The Roundup: Accelerated talks. Rodriguez holds. Trump leaves.

TUE JUN 17 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Accelerated talks. Rodriguez holds. Trump leaves. 
Canada
Canada-U.S. trade talks accelerate as Carney hosts G7 leaders in Alberta
All eyes were on Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump as G7 leaders came together for their summit in Kananaskis, Alta. David Akin reports from the summit site at Kananaskis about Carney and Trump's one-on-one meeting, how Canadian officials say Canada-U.S. trade talks are accelerating, and what's next for the G7 summit's agenda.
 
Away from G7 summit, Alberta and Saskatchewan premiers make energy superpower pitch
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe are trying to pitch Canada as an energy superpower away from the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. Heather Yourex-West looks at how Moe and Smith hope to boost their provinces' oil and gas sectors, and why that could prove to be tricky. [Global National]
Hosting G7 marks Carney's first big test on world stage
Prime Minister Mark Carney has set lofty goals for Canada -- whether it's elevating the country as a global leader, making it the strongest G7 economy, or reducing its dependency on the United States. Dawna Friesen explains how the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., represents Carney's first big test on the world stage. [Global National]
Althia Raj: As Toronto Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith publicly noted in the Commons Monday: “This federal government is proposing to shut down democratic debate, curtail committee scrutiny, and jam the bill through the legislature … Liberals would rightly scream, we would scream if a federal Conservative government attempted the same.” [TorStar]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will face a mandatory leadership review in January, after the party failed to form government in the last federal election. [CBC]
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The Provinces
New Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez says he'll run for seat in 2026 election
While there had been rumours that another party member might step down to give him the chance at a seat, Pablo Rodriguez said Monday that he doesn't intend to run in a byelection just to enter the legislature as quickly as possible. Instead, he intends to travel across Quebec, working to rebuild a party that won only one seat outside of Montreal in the last election. [CP]

"We will not allow ourselves to be lowered by manipulative, dishonest, and malicious actions of people who see fit to, potentially criminally, blackmail others," Rustad tells the Conservative caucus in the letter. "This is sociopathic behaviour." [CP]

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said, during a event in Calgary on Monday, he's encouraged by Prime Minister Carney's recent statements about making Canada an energy superpower. [Global]
Aurora
Elsewhere

"Iran should have signed the 'deal.' I told them to sign. What a shame, and wast of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" [Radio Free Europe]

Anthony Albanese’s highly-anticipated first meeting with Donald Trump has been abruptly cancelled, leaving the Prime Minister no opportunity to speak face-to-face with the US President after missing out on the G7 leaders' dinner. [Sky News Australia]

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Canadian tourism to her state and others such as Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont is down between 20 and 60 per cent compared with last year. [CP]
Media
A report also finds right-leaning audiences on X have almost doubled in the UK since Elon Musk's takeover. [BBC]
The Calendar
  • 0815 : 135B West Block -  The Canadian Dental Hygienists Assoc speaks to reporters.
  • 1000 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte
  • 1045 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • 1100 : 035-B West Block - Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 025-B West Block - Health (HESA) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 125-B West Block - Official Languages (LANG) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 420 Wellington - Veterans Affairs (ACVA) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1130 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney chairs a G7 working breakfast on a strong and sovereign Ukraine with G7 leaders and invited guests.
  • 1230 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney chairs the G7 closing session.
  • 1300 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney welcomes outreach countries and international organizations and participates in a family photo.
  • 1330 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with UN Sec Gen Antonio Guterres.
  • 1350 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
  • 1500 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney chairs a  G7 working luncheon on energy security with outreach countries and international organizations.
  • 1530 : 025-B West Block - Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1530 : 125-B West Block - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1530 : 425 Wellington - Justice and Human Rights (JUST) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1530 : 430 Wellington - National Defence (NDDN) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1805 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney speaks to reporters.
  • 1840 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with India PM Narendra Modi
  • 1915 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with Korea Pres Lee Jae Myung
  • 1940 : Kananaskis, AB - PM Carney meets with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum
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