Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding bilateral meetings with leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron and is scheduled to meet officials from Jamaica, Norway, Germany, the U.K., the EU and the WTO.
- South African spokesman Vincent Magwenya said G20 countries agreed to endorse a joint statement despite the U.S. boycott, with expected language on climate change and women’s rights.
- Carney’s agenda includes G20 sessions on financing for development, climate change, food systems and clean energy, plus an event linking the European Union with Vietnam’s Pacific Rim trade bloc.
- The federal budget trims foreign aid by $2.7 billion over four years, and Canada’s new $1‑billion Global Fund pledge marks a 17% reduction from 2022, the first cut to that fund.
- The government provided no new money for the Africa strategy launched in March, and a senior official says the initial trade‑diversification push is centered on Europe and Asia, even as Ottawa seeks a substantial package with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.