Carney welcomes U.K.'s Starmer ahead of G7 summit
World leaders are arriving in Kananaskis ahead of the start of the G7 summit in Alberta on Sunday. But before the summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to his home for a private dinner on Saturday. Carney hopes to have one-on-one meetings with all G7 leaders, but as David Akin reports, the first order of business for Carney and Starmer is reinforcing Canada's and the United Kingdom's close ties.
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