Rather, the G7 leaders agreed that each of them should pursue their own economic agendas. “Blunt conversations” had led to “unity” on the issue, Trudeau said. “We do not pay ransom to terrorists taking hostages,” Trudeau told Canadian and Japanese journalists at the end of the two-day summit. Trudeau flew directly from Japan to Winnipeg at the end of summit. As for Canada’s position on what China has been up to in building islands equipped with military airports far out into the South China Sea, Welch said he thought it was “evolving.

Source: National Post May 26, 2016 23:00 UTC