Big-power summits highlight what the leaders of the world order are doing 鈥 or not doing 鈥 to help nurture stability. Nations鈥 goals will always vary, but it helps when there鈥檚 some unity of purpose. Sara Miller Llana traveled west from her Toronto base to cover the Group of Seven meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, that ended last night.聽
鈥淪etting this summit in the Rockies was a master stroke,鈥 Sara says, the sheer majesty lending inspiration. On a lunch break, she scrambled up a trail, her media pass swaying. At the top was a sign. 鈥淚t said something like, 鈥楲ife is frantic, slow down,鈥欌 she says. 鈥淚 took that as a message for my larger purpose.鈥 Calmly take in the big picture.
Perhaps others did, too. 鈥淭his was a high-stakes G7,鈥 Sara says, with interrelated global crises and observers watching for schisms. 鈥淚n the end, it showed a strengthening of alliances, and commitment to getting the work at hand done.鈥 Read her wrap-up report here.
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Editor鈥檚 note: We won鈥檛 publish tomorrow, the Juneteenth holiday in the U.S. Watch for your next Daily on Friday.