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Matthew Fisher: Trudeau a 'driving force' in convincing G7 leaders to no longer to pay ransoms, diplomat says

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What does come next? asks John Kirton of the University of Torontos Munk School of Global Affairs. Those words in the communiqu are a good start but needed to be backed by action in an action plan that members actually comply with in the coming year before Canadians and the world can applaud.

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May 26, 2016

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Trudeau stresses to G7 leaders the need to reject paying ransom

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Still, G7 members are likely to agree to a change, particularly considering the 2013 joint statement already addressed the issue, John Kirton, director of the G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto, wrote in an email Thursday.

Date

May 26, 2016

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Trudeau touts trade, warns of protectionism at G7 summit

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"Germany and France are key to getting (CETA) ratified in Europe, so (Trudeau's) emphasis is smart," John Kirton, director of the G8 Research Group at University of Toronto, wrote in an email Thursday.

Date

May 26, 2016

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Trudeau offers G-20 litmus test, embracing deficits

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Even though the conditions were right for Trudeau in Antalya "he wasn't able to shift the consensus," said John Kirton, co-director and founder of the G-20 Research Group at the University of Toronto. "It's a good start but it may take more sustained effort to tip the balance."

Date

Mar 17, 2016

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Ukraine conflict dominates G7 meeting

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elected U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has been working with Germany and the U.S. on a proposal to offer support to any EU member state that is wavering over the need to renew sanctions. Some Eastern European countries have been complaining that blocking trade with Russia is hurting them, John Kirton.

Date

Jun 07, 2015

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World

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Berlin, June 5, 2015 (AFP) -

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As they meet informally for two days, the world's political heavyweights "will face an exceptionally broad and demanding agenda," wrote John Kirton, director of think-tank the G7 Research Group. "It begins with the political security crisis in Ukraine, the new terrorist shock from ISIS (Islamic Stat

Date

Jun 05, 2015

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World

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climate bromance links Canada, Australia

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"For a very long time, certainly from the start of Prime Minister Harper's tenure as prime minister, he said this just won't work," said John Kirton, a director of the G8 and G20 Research Groups at the University of Toronto who is writing a book on climate-change politics.

Date

Dec 08, 2014

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World

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G20 plan to boost global growth overshadowed by Ukraine crisis

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Ukraine was the big ghost at the banquet, in Brisbane, John Kirton, co-director of the University of Torontos G20 Research Centre said, adding the crisis poses a threat to Europes economy. You can simply not generate growth in Europe unless you get Russian troops out of Ukraine and get Russia t

Date

Nov 16, 2014

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