Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said the dignitaries attended next week G7 The Summit of Managers in Alberta should avoid hiring the “madman” of US President Donald Trump.
Christian, speaking on Thursday at a conference in Calgary, said that leaders could not predict what Trump could do, the president can be a tyrant and it would be preferable that other G7 leaders ignore the explosions.
“If he decided to make a program in the news, he will do something crazy,” said Christian.
“Let him do it and continue to speak normally.”
Christian said that leaders should follow the example given by Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Trump in the White House last month.
“When Trump spoke of Canada to be part of the United States, (Carney) has just said:” Canada is not for sale, the White House is not for sale, the Buckingham Palace is not for sale “,” said Christian.
“Trump said” never say “(but Carney) didn’t even answer. He just continued with the discussion. This is the way to manage this.”
Carney welcomes Trump and the world leaders of France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy and the European Union for the three-day summit from Sunday in the Rockies southwest of Calgary.
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Christian, who spoke alongside his former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, John Manley, also said that he had supported Carney’s decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the top.
Carney was criticized for the invitation, in particular by a member of his own liberal caucus, due to the current tensions between Canada and India on foreign interference and the 2023 murder of the Sikh Hardh Hardh Nijjar separatist activist in BC, the RCMP said that it had proofs connecting the members of the Indian government to the death of Singh.
“It’s always good to speak,” said Christian about the Modi invitation. “They will be able to speak and they will see that there are other problems.”
“You must navigate. You cannot always go to your horse for each little problem you are facing. ”
Christian was one of the two former Canadian Prime Ministers who were expressed during the conference, which is organized by the University of Calgary’s public policy and the G7 research group.
The University claims that the conference is supposed to bring together experts and civil servants to explain the main problems that G7 leaders face at the head of the summit.
Alberta Prime Minister Danielle Smith also spoke during the conference.
She said the possibility of an economic and security agreement between Canada and the United States signed in the G7 would be an extraordinary step.
But it urged Canada to continue to find new business partners even if relations between the two countries are starting to be smooth.
“Don’t remove the gas foot,” said Smith.
Former Prime Minister Joe Clark was to give the closing speech.
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