{"id":147286,"date":"2018-01-18T05:53:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147286"},"modified":"2018-01-18T05:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:53:22","slug":"trudeau-speaks-in-g7-host-town-to-kick-off-two-day-trip-to-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/18\/trudeau-speaks-in-g7-host-town-to-kick-off-two-day-trip-to-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau speaks in G7 host town to kick off two day trip to Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_147287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147287\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147287\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o.jpg\" alt=\"The G7 summit taking place in Quebec's Charlevoix region later this year is an opportunity to have \u201cfrank and open\u201d discussions on environmental and economic issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. (Photo: Justin Trudea\/Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/26758205_10156370891840649_5473753629391560060_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The G7 summit taking place in Quebec&#8217;s Charlevoix region later this year is an opportunity to have \u201cfrank and open\u201d discussions on environmental and economic issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JustinPJTrudeau\/photos\/a.101277015648.106166.21751825648\/10156370891840649\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JustinPJTrudeau\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Trudeau\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LA MALBAIE, Que.\u2014The G7 summit taking place in Quebec&#8217;s Charlevoix region later this year is an opportunity to have \u201cfrank and open\u201d discussions on environmental and economic issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe region represents the message that Canada sends to the rest of the world: that it is not only possible but necessary to find a balance between economic growth and protecting the environment,\u201d Trudeau said in a brief speech in La Malbaie, the small resort town northeast of Quebec City that is preparing to host the international summit in June.<\/p>\n<p>The G7 \u201cis an opportunity for us to have frank and open conversations in order to build a greener, more equal and more prosperous world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Canada holds the G7 presidency for 2018 and the government has listed gender equality, clean energy and preparing for the jobs of the future as some of the themes of its tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau said he chose the Charlevoix region to host the international meeting because he wanted world leaders to experience the area&#8217;s famous hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want them to feel at home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Trudeau is scheduled to be in Quebec City, where he&#8217;ll meet with the city&#8217;s mayor and answer questions from the public at a high school as part of his cross-country town hall tour.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has already held public meetings in the Halifax area as well as in Hamilton and London, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>He has said the gatherings give him more time to explain his positions than he&#8217;d typically have when answering questions from media or during question period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA MALBAIE, Que.\u2014The G7 summit taking place in Quebec&#8217;s Charlevoix region later this year is an opportunity to have \u201cfrank &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":147287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[4731,3070,4088],"class_list":["post-147286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-g7","tag-justin-trudeau","tag-quebec","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}