Elimination of international trade obstacles, investing in clean energy, critical minerals and artificial intelligence, strengthening cybercrime protections and better cooperation to treat emerging global threats – These are among the recommendations Business leaders of the seven -country group (G7) have advanced as their The leaders are preparing for their summit in Kananaskis, west of Calgary, in June.
Business leaders met in Ottawa this week, and next week the federal finance minister François-Philippe Champagne and Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, will welcome their G7 counterparts for A meeting in Banff, in preparation for the leaders’ summit.
But the main event – the Summit of G7 leaders in Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom will take place in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17.
Security is the responsibility of Integrated security and security group (ISSG), led by the RCMP with contributions from the Calgary police service, the Alberta, forestry and Alberta parks and the Canadian Armed Forces branch.
For the ISSG, working to secure the area around Kananaskis to protect the 70 official guests and 2,000 delegates is a massive task, in particular with US President Donald Trump, who has been the subject of at least one assassination attempt, who should attend.
Kananaskis also welcomed the G7 summit in 2002.
Rob Huebert, director of Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgarysaid: “One of the reasons why Kananaskis is so popular is that you have the opportunity to physically isolate decision -makers and their entourage in a fairly secure area.”
A large area around the village of Kananaskis will be closed to the general public from June 10 to 18 and three areas designated as official demonstration zones will be installed in the city of Calgary.
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A large area around the village of Kananaskis will be closed to the general public for more than a week during the summit. Closures and restrictions will be set up for air traffic and on the ground and dozens of trails in the region will be closed.
All details on the areas concerned are Available online.
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For the moment, the demonstrators will be limited to several designated demonstration zones (DDZ), in the city of Calgary, about an hour east of Kananaskis, in particular:
- Plaza municipal at 800 MacLeod Trail SE,
- Enoch / East Victoria Park at 1102 Macleod Trail SE, and
- YYC – Edward H Laborde Display Zone at 15 Street and McKnight Boulevard Ne
Police from HorseBack Patrol Calgary Municipal Plaza, one of the three demonstration zones designated at the next G7 leaders in Kananaskis neighboring Kananaskis.
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In a press release, Calgary police said: “These areas are designed to provide a safe space and accessible to individuals and groups in order to express their opinions while guaranteeing the security of summit activities and balancing the rights of residents, visitors and companies in the region.”
Police have said that the public can expect to see a large presence of officers and “any behavior which is illegal or endanger public security will be addressed in accordance with the law”.
The city of Banff plans to accommodate around 500 media members around the world at the G7 summit.
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For the moment, there is no official demonstration zone in Banff nearby – the most populated and most famous of the Alberta mountain cities – the residents expect to discover it next week.
The resident of Banff and the local conservationist, Marie Eve Marchand, has mixed feelings on the large number of people who should go down in the region – describing it as “stressful” and “a slight drawback”, but conceding that “sometimes we must also assume our global responsibility in the world and organize the conversations that must occur”.
Chris Lowray, president of the Banff Center, who will welcome around 500 media members around the world for the event describes him as a huge opportunity.
“To discuss big problems – while the leaders will not be there – have this kind of link with the biggest leader in the world by being here to have these very important discussions – it will be just a wonderful gathering and a starting point for all the work they do in Kananaskis.”
– With Canadian press files.
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