Stephanie Taylor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way to hold a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
June 09, 2021 - 8:37 AM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will on Friday begin to meet with counterparts from the worldâs most powerful democracies at the G7 Leaders' Summit to discuss overcoming COVID-19 and its economic reverberations.
Chief among the decisions Canada faces is how it will help poorer countries secure vaccines, the life-saving elixir that promises to subdue the global health crisis, which has shaken national economies and left millions sick and more isolated.
âThe first thing I think (Trudeauâs) going to have to roll the dice on is whether Canada wants to be on the right side or stay on the wrong side on COVID,â said John Kirton, director of the University of Toronto's G7 Research Group.