TRENTON, Canada

As president of the G7 summit in Alberta on June 15, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has set out an ambitious agenda items for world leaders to discuss and perhaps accomplish.

“Canada has what the world wants and the values to which others aspire,” Carney said Saturday. “The G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis (province of Alberta) is a moment for Canada to work with reliable partners to meet challenges with unity, purpose, and force. Canada is ready to lead.”

Canada assumed the presidency of the G7 this year and will host the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. The G7 is an annual informal gathering of heads of state and government, this year from June 15-17.

Carney laid out his three key goals for the summit ahead of the meetings: protecting communities’ peace and security through countering foreign interference and crime that involves crossing international borders; building energy security and speeding up digital transformation, including artificial intelligence, to improve mineral supply chains to spur economic growth; and create partnerships including with large private investment to build strong infrastructure, higher-paying jobs and open markets for businesses.

It is traditional for the serving president – this year Carney – to invite leaders as guests who do not take part in the summit but watch from the sidelines.

Included this year are Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and India’s Narendra Modi.

Canadian Sikhs are upset since India has been accused of killing a Canadian-Sikh on Canadian soil. Zelenskyy hopes to meet US President Donald Trump to discuss the Ukraine-Russia war.