{"id":16625,"date":"2025-02-16T00:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/canadas-position-on-having-russia-back-in-g7-no-way-this-will-happen-joly-says-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:51:50","slug":"canadas-position-on-having-russia-back-in-g7-no-way-this-will-happen-joly-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/canadas-position-on-having-russia-back-in-g7-no-way-this-will-happen-joly-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s position on having Russia back in G7: \u2018No way this will happen,\u2019 Joly says – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Foreign Affairs Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly says Canada is firmly opposed to having Russia reinstated in the G7 as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested.<\/p>\n

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During a news conference at an international security conference in Munich, Germany on Saturday, Joly was asked if she and her international colleagues discussed re-admitting Russia into the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo we didn\u2019t, and I am telling the position of Canada: No way this will happen,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The meeting of foreign ministers during the Munich Security Conference was the first one under Canada\u2019s 2025 presidency. Joly also announced she will host her counterparts in Charlevoix, Que., on March 12-14.<\/p>\n

Russia used to be part of what was known as the Group of Eight until other members suspended Moscow in 2014 over the invasion of Ukraine that resulted in Russia taking over Crimea.<\/p>\n

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Trump argued Thursday that Russia should have retained its membership in the group and suggested it could have prevented the full-scale invasion that Moscow launched in February 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a question of liking Russia or not liking Russia,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019d love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has said Russia should not be let back in.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia\u2019s exclusion from the G7 is every bit as justifiable today,\u201d he posted on X, arguing the Conservatives led the push to exclude Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Joly said the G7 remains committed to supporting Ukraine, and that Ukraine and European allies must have a seat at the table for any peace talks to end the war.<\/p>\n

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During a panel discussion on trade at the Munich conference, Joly said Canada\u2019s plan to retaliate if Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the attention of the Republican administration and fuelled a recent surge in support for the Liberal party.<\/p>\n