Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she wants to see the Arctic become a focal point for NATO.

The NATO military alliance should devote more of its focus to defending the Arctic, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said as she prepared to welcome her counterparts to a Group of Seven meeting this week.

Foreign ministers including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio are taking part in the two-day meeting where topics will include the peace initiatives for Gaza and Ukraine, as well as maritime security, Haiti, Sudan and critical minerals.

Canada is wrapping up its 2025 presidency of the G7, a forum for economic and geopolitical co-operation, and will hand it over to France for 2026.

The 2025 Canadian federal budget announced a major boost in defence spending to expand Arctic and

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