Canada pledges another $2B in military aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy makes solemn appearance at G7 summit

Carney announces bid of caller supports for Ukraine

Standing adjacent to a solemn Zelenskyy, Carney announced a bid of caller measures to enactment Ukraine — including what the Prime Minister's Office is billing arsenic a caller effort to people "Russia's shadiness fleet and vigor revenues" with sanctions.

To further enactment the Ukrainian warfare effort, Canada is besides chipping successful an further $2 cardinal successful subject assistance for Ukraine — backing that volition assistance bargain much drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles, among different capabilities, the PMO told reporters.

Canada is besides extending a $2.3-billion indebtedness to Ukraine to assistance rebuild its infrastructure and nationalist systems, the PMO said.

I’m Ashley Burke, a elder newsman with the parliamentary bureau, who took the early-morning autobus backmost up to the Kananaskis acme tract to ticker the latest circular of satellite leaders arrive.

It was a sombre greeting for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Mark Carney enactment his manus connected Zelenskyy’s enarthrosis and softly said thing to him that we couldn’t hear.

Overnight, a bombardment of Russian rocket and drone strikes deed Ukraine’s superior successful the deadliest onslaught successful Kyiv this year. At slightest 15 radical died and dozens much were injured.

Zelenskyy had hoped to conscionable one-on-one with Donald Trump to propulsion for harsher sanctions against Russia. But that isn’t going to happen, fixed Trump’s aboriginal departure past night, citing the request to thin to the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.

Zelenskyy had a superior look connected his look arsenic helium posed for the cameras beside Carney.

Trump ups the terms for Canada’s Golden Dome participation

U.S. President Donald Trump, who was asked arsenic helium returned from the G7 acme successful Alberta astir his repeated claims Canada should beryllium a 51st state, said: 'I deliberation it's a overmuch amended woody from Canada, but, you know, it's up to them.' As is, Canada would person to wage 'a lot' of tariffs and to articulation his projected rocket defence system, Trump said.

Speaking connected Air Force One overnight aft his aboriginal departure from the G7, U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly upped the terms if Canada wants to enactment successful the U.S.’s Golden Dome rocket defence system.

“We whitethorn marque a abstracted woody connected that, by the way,” helium said. “They’re going to person to wage a batch of wealth for the dome … $71 billion.”

He has antecedently pegged the outgo astatine $61 cardinal (presumably each successful U.S. dollars) and said Canada tin articulation for escaped arsenic the 51st state.

Asked whether the taxable of the 51st authorities came up during his sojourn to Kananaskis, Alta., Trump said: “I deliberation it’s a overmuch amended woody from Canada, but it’s up to them.”

Carney meets with NATO chief

Good morning! I’m J.P. Tasker, a newsman travelling with Prime Minister Mark Carney astatine the G7 acme successful Kananaskis, Alta.

We were conscionable connected manus to ticker Mark Rutte, the NATO caput general, greet Carney earlier their bilateral gathering this greeting present astatine the picturesque edifice that’s playing big to this gathering of the world’s astir almighty antiauthoritarian leaders.

Rutte was intelligibly impressed by the Rocky Mountain landscape. “This is amazing!” helium shouted arsenic helium approached the podium wherever leaders airs for photographs.

The beauteous scenery has been a speech constituent each week among members of the overseas delegations — immoderate accidental they are simply mesmerized by conscionable however majestic it is successful this portion of Alberta.

U.S. President Donald Trump himself yesterday seemed struck by the landscape, wherever monolithic mountains poke retired of the forest. “It’s truthful beautiful,” helium said arsenic helium greeted Carney astatine this aforesaid spot.

Rutte isn’t present for the mountains alone, of course. The erstwhile Dutch premier minister, who has a adjacent narration with Canada, has been urging NATO allies to measurement up their defence spending — to conscionable and transcend the long-standing people of 2 per cent of GDP.

Carney has committed to that, saying determination whitethorn beryllium much spending to travel to amended hole Canada for an progressively unsafe world. We’ll spot what, if anything, helium promises Rutte contiguous connected these matters.

Just past week, Rutte warned NATO allies to hole for war, fixed planetary uncertainty.

“History has taught america that to sphere peace, we indispensable hole for war. Wishful reasoning volition not support america safe. We cannot imagination distant the danger. Hope is not a strategy. So NATO has to go a stronger, fairer and much lethal alliance,” helium said successful a code successful the U.K.

What to expect from Carney today

Good morning. I’m a integer elder shaper covering the G7 acme present successful Alberta.

Today, the absorption of the acme shifts to the leaders of non-G7 countries, including Brazil, India, Mexico, South Korea and, of course, Ukraine. As big of the summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney invited them each present and has one-on-one meetings with each of them.

His archetypal one-on-one contiguous is with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Carney promised earlier this period that Canada would conscionable NATO’s defence spending benchmark — 2 per cent of GDP — by the extremity of this fiscal year.

Carney is scheduled to clasp a quality league astatine 6 p.m. ET today, conscionable earlier his bilateral gathering with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

I’m a shaper based successful Toronto, and I’ll beryllium helping to curate our unrecorded updates from Kananaskis, Alta., today.

It’s Day 2 of the G7 acme and we person a squad of reporters connected the crushed to bring you each the latest developments and analysis.

You tin get caught up however Monday unfolded here.

Stay tuned arsenic the day’s events get underway.