Looking Ahead to the G7 Leaders’ Summit: A Message from Candace Laing, Canadian Chamber President and CEO, and 2025 B7 Chair 

As the global rules-based trade order is increasingly disrupted, G7 countries need to pull together more than ever. Core to an effective, bold response to the shifting global order and emerging threats is business. Small, medium and large enterprises drive productivity, innovation and trade, which are integral to a strong economy and a better life for all.   

Last month, business leaders from across the G7 nations came together in Ottawa for the B7 Summit. It was an honour to present the official 2025 B7 Communiqué to Canada’s G7 Sherpa at the end of the successful three-day B7 Summit. It encapsulates months of work, conversation and collaboration among B7 leaders and over 50 cross-sectoral organizations. The Communiqué provides a strategic blueprint for G7 leaders to address today’s most pressing economic challenges and maintain predictable global trade and secure supply chains, while advancing in energy, AI, and digital transformation. 

It is up to us, the world’s most advanced economies, whether the rising geoeconomic conflicts drive us together or drive us apart. At the Canadian Chamber, we will watch closely the outcomes of the G7 Summit with hope and optimism and are ready to lead with team Canada. 

• Candace Laing, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

About the B7

The Business Federations of the Group of Seven, or “B7”, is the most significant and recognized of the G7 Engagement Groups. The role of the B7 is to represent and coordinate the interests and positions of the business community in the G7 countries and to develop concrete and actionable proposals for G7 leaders. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is the official representative for Canada at the B7 table.

About the Canadian Chamber of Commerce — The Future of Business Success 

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is Canada’s largest and most activated business network — representing over 400 chambers of commerce and boards of trade and more than 200,000 business of all sizes, from all sectors of the economy and from every part of the country — working to create the conditions for our collective success. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is the undisputed champion and catalyst for the future of business success. From working with government on economy-friendly policy to providing services that inform commerce and enable trade, we give each of our members more of what they need to succeed: insight into markets, competitors and trends, influence over the decisions and policies that drive business success, and impact on business and economic performance.   

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