Saturday December 20, 2025 | OTTAWA, ON [Posted at 4 pm PT]
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Yesterday Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with the President of France Emmanuel Macron.
President Macron congratulated Prime Minister Carney on Canada’s successful Presidency of the G7 in 2025.
The leaders discussed key accomplishments achieved by the G7 under Canada’s leadership including joint efforts to fortify collective security, strengthen global energy security, accelerate the digital transition, and build a more resilient global economy.
Canada’s G7 summit was hosted in Alberta in June but the leadership is carried out over a full year including many sub-summits which this year included Critical Minerals (in October), and also Industry, digital and Technology (in December) and a Ukraine coordination group.
Canada’s leadership in 2025:
To advance global energy security and the digital transition, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) outlines Canada’s accomplishments:
- Led initiatives to develop secure and reliable critical minerals supply chains, creating the Critical Minerals Production Alliance – an alliance that has already spurred 26 new investments, partnerships, and measures to unlock $6.4 billion in projects with G7 partners and beyond, launching the G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan with $80.3 million in Canadian support, and delivering a new roadmap to advance standards-based critical minerals markets;
- Bolstered energy security, issuing a Call to Action on Enhancing Energy Securityto strengthen cooperation on energy technology supply chains, resilience, and transition pathways;
- Accelerated AI adoption, committing up to $185.6 million to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), energy innovation, responsible AI use, and digital inclusion, including through the SME AI Adoption Blueprint. Canada also launched the G7 GovAI Grand Challenge to support the digital transformation of governments;
- Advanced the development and use of quantum technologies, providing $22.5 million to support development, commercialisation, and international collaboration, building on the Kananaskis Common Vision for the Future of Quantum Technologies. Canada also expanded global collaboration on quantum through a funding call for G7 academic research partnerships, a Canada-U.K. transatlantic quantum communication demonstration project, and an upcoming Canada-Germany funding call; and
- Aligned energy and AI planning, launching a G7 Energy and AI Work Plan to address growing energy demand from AI and data centres in partnership with industry.
Coming up in 2026:
The leaders discussed future opportunities and challenges ahead of France’s G7 Presidency in 2026 and reaffirmed the forum’s importance in a more uncertain and divided world.
As stated by the Prime Minister’s office in the December 19, 2025 news release, Carney and Macron committed to working pragmatically with international partners to safeguard macroeconomic stability and advance cooperation on critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and energy.
Prime Minister Carney and President Macron agreed to remain in close contact.
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