Canada fares poorly in G7 interim report

Chart courtesy G7 Research Group. Click to enlarge.

The G7 Research Group at the University of Toronto has released its interim compliance report based on commitments G7 leaders made at last June's summit in Germany.

The research group looked at what action has been taken on the 17 priority commitments made at the Schloss Elmau summit. The assessment period was between 9 June 2015 – 20 February 2016.

For Canadians, the news is not very good. Canada tied with Italy for last place in the standings, with a score of 59 per cent. This compares to the host country Germany, with a score of 94 per cent.

Canada did not do well on matters regarding financial regulation and health vaccines. It also did not show a lot of progress on climate change strategies and regional security. 

The final report will be released later this year. It will be interesting to see how much impact the new Liberal government of Justin Trudeau will have on the final report.

The next G7 summit will take place in Japan on May 26 – 27, 2016.