Sustainable Development and Canada at the G7 Summit
by Pierre Marc Johnson and John Kirton


Notes:

17 Several of such "Christmas Tree ornaments" did, however, appear in other sections of the communiqué. During the preparatory process, Canada had suggested that the heads endorse a "codfree" zone off the nose and tail of the Grand Banks in response to a French proposal, inspired by Danielle Mitterrand, that the heads declare a "whalefree zone" around Antarctica. Neither suggestion was accepted.

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