Unless the G20 can adequately deal with climate change, development assistance to poor countries, food security and the financial crisis, globalization can't be made to work, says the G20's inventor, former prime minister Paul Martin. The seminal task of the G20 - the 19 countries with the world's largest economies plus the European Union - is to send the right signals, to demonstrate the right commitments, he told the annual Couchiching Conference on public affairs on Saturday.

For five weeks in August and September 2010, the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent and the U.S. icebreaker USCGC Healy will be teaming up for the third time to conduct a joint survey of the extended continental shelf in the western Arctic. Joint operations will be conducted from August 7 to September 3. “Enhancing our knowledge and understanding of the Arctic is a priority for our government,” said the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources.

Public Safety Minister Toews and Secretary Napolitano announce new cooperative initiatives to combat threats and expedite travel and trade Washington, D.C., July 13, 2010 - Today, Canada's Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews and U.S.

Notwithstanding the leaders' joint appearances at the recent G20 summits, industrialized and emerging market economies have rarely developed coordinated national policy responses to international economic problems, even though their economies are mutually interdependent. The Centre for International Governance Innovation defines this as a paradox whereby nations are left to deal with a global crisis on their own through domestic policy actions.

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From financial reform to climate change to maternal health, this weekend's G8 and G20 summits will cover a seemingly disparate agenda of current issues that are affecting countries around the world. Tying them together is the need for a stable global economy and potentially preventing any concrete achievements are countries' individual agendas. Coming to the table with somewhat different objectives, having faired differently over the past two years, are the host country Canada and their southern neighbour, the US.

Colin Robertson, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Senior Fellow and Senior Strategic Advisor for McKenna, Long and Aldridge provides background on the G8/G20 and a summary of what to expect in his report, "A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits." Read the full report here.

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