The Group of Eight countries have made a lot of promises “in good faith” a political science professor said at a public gathering in Winnipeg, but they “have now fallen badly behind. However, they have delivered big in the past and still control their own fate. But from their people they now need a push and advice on what their priorities and path should be.”
John Kirton, of the G8 Research Group based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, was speaking at a Canadian Council of Churches sponsored event. It was the first in a series of public events – under the banner, For Just Such a Time as This – launched by the CCC. Future events are planned in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
