That's it from us today. We're back bright and early in the morning as Carney and Trump are set for a bilateral meeting.8:56 PM MSTTrump exits AF1 wearing a white Make America Great Again baseball hat.He greets the dignitaries and climbs into Marine One. No lousy RCAF Chinook like the other leader took.Interestingly, no sign of Melania..8:39 PM MSTHeeeee's heeeeere.Air Force One has touched down at YYC.7:40 PM MSTAnd we we wait for The Donald.Touchdown for Air Force One is at 8:30 p.m..7:25 PM MSTMacron has left his plane to be greeted by Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon..7:19 PM MSTSome drama in skies over Alberta today.North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), in support of the RCMP-led Integrated Safety and Security Group, had to deploy air assets after a private, fixed-wing, civilian aircraft violated the air restrictions centered above Kananaskis air space.At approximately 11:05 a.m., a non-compliant Canadian aircraft entered the CYR 292 restricted air space, which met the criteria for a tactical response. NORAD’s Canadian region (CANR) deployed CF-18 Hornet fighter jets to intercept.After multiple steps were taken to gain the pilot’s attention, CANR employed final warning measures to contact the pilot and have them safely land under their own power.The two Canadian Restricted Airspace (CYR) structures over the G7 venues are: CYR 292 is centered on Kananaskis Village (N50°55'22" W115°08'37") with a radius of 30 NM (nautical miles), excluding the Calgary / Springbank Airport (CYBW) Control Zone. CYAs 226 and 227 will not be active; andCYR 293 is centered on Calgary International Airport (N51°07'21.41" W114°00'48.05") with a radius of 20 NM, excluding CYR 292 and including the Calgary / Springbank Airport (CYBW) Control Zone. CYA 228 will not be active. .7:08 PM MSTAnd Macron is wheels down in Calgary..6:45 PM MSTFrench President Emmanuel Macron is due to land shortly. He's coming in via Greenland, off all places, where he stopped to show the European Union's support in the face of Trump musing that he would like to take over the country.6:10 PM MSTJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, accompanied by his wife Yoshiko Ishiba, have arrived in Calgary. They were greeted on the tarmac by Smith and Gondek, and will make their way to K-Country on the heels of Carney and Starmer. .4:03 PM MSTThe PMO has released a readout from Mark Carney and Kier Starmers meeting Sunday morning in Ottawa.OTTAWA, ON, June 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Sir Keir Starmer.Prime Minister Carney welcomed Prime Minister Starmer to Ottawa. Building on Prime Minister Carney's visit to London earlier this year, the leaders emphasized the deep and historic ties between Canada and the UK.The prime ministers underscored opportunities to strengthen that relationship to the benefit of Canada and the UK, including further collaboration on trade. To that end, they welcomed the creation of a new structured UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group to address existing market access barriers, to expand existing arrangements into new areas, such as digital trade, and to explore co-operation in the development of critical minerals and sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Prime Minister Carney also announced that the new government would seek to introduce legislation this fall to ratify the UK's accession to the CPTPP.The leaders agreed to strengthen co-operation on defence and security, both bilaterally and through the NATO Alliance and Five Eyes partnership. To that end, they discussed their recent respective defence investments and announced the launch of the Joint Canada-UK Common Good Cyber Fund, which will support joint efforts to counter digital transnational repression and support civil society actors at high risk. The Fund will be supported by an initial joint investment of $5.7 million over five years.Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer emphasized collaboration on AI systems to support our national security, including a partnership agreement to strengthen existing collaboration on AI safety and security between the Canadian AI Safety Institute and the UK AI Security Institute, as well as new Canadian and UK memoranda of understanding with leading Canadian AI firm Cohere.The prime ministers also announced a joint $14.8 million investment in biomanufacturing to support research and development in both countries, including to better prepare for future health emergencies, and they welcomed increased collaboration on critical minerals and civil nuclear energy.The leaders discussed international conflicts, expressing their support for a just and lasting peace for Ukraine, the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and de-escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran.Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer looked forward to further discussions at the 2025 G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta..German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is the latest to arrive..3:40 PM MSTAnd in Calgary, there are protests..3:30 PM MSTHere's your hard-working Western Standard at the media centre. Chief Editor Dave Naylor and reporter Jen Hogdson..3:23 PM MSTAction is fast and furious at YYC as Mark Carney's jet has just landed. .3:18 PM MSTStarmer get aboard a chopper and is off to K-Country..3:10 PM MSTBritish PM Kier Starmer is in da house.Oh, and it's raining in Banff and quite blustery..1:50 PM MSTThe first world leader is wheels down in Calgary.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was wheels down a short time ago..1:42 PM MSTHere's Carney's sked for the rest of the day.3:30 p.m. The Prime Minister will arrive in Calgary.Note for media:4:30 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese.5:15 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.Kananaskis, Alberta7:30 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with representatives of the Treaty 7 First Nations.8:30 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz..1:26 PM MSTThe three central 2025 G7 priorities are: a commitment to protect communities from crime, building up energy security and bolstering markets. Carney in a statement released June 7 made no mention of gender or climate issues — instead, G7 leaders will focus on common challenges each nation faces. "Strengthening peace and security, countering foreign interference and transnational crime, and improving joint responses to wildfires," falls under the first pillar on the agenda. Concerns addressed on AI and energy security will be "fortifying critical mineral supply chains and using artificial intelligence and quantum to unleash economic growth."Third, leaders will work on "securing the partnerships of the future," which will involve "catalyzing enormous private investment to build stronger infrastructure, create higher-paying jobs and open dynamic markets where businesses can compete and succeed."“Canada has what the world wants and the values to which others aspire. The G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis is a moment for Canada to work with reliable partners to meet challenges with unity, purpose, and force. Canada is ready to lead," wrote Carney in the statement. Off course all of that is out the door after war broke out between Israel and Iran.The goal of all these G7 meetings is putting out a final communique telling everyone how well they have done in there meetings.This year, no chance of that..One last gripe. The summit is hours away from opening and the PMO still hasn't released a schedule of events. Grumble grumble..1:22 PM MSTMarine Osprey helicopters have been a common sight the last week in Calgary as Americans get ready for the summit..1:21 PM MSTI guess they didn't want to airplane-pool to Calgary..1:20 PM MSTThis morning Prime Minister Mark Carney held a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Kier Starmer..1:15 MSTJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is wheels up on his way to YYC..1:12 PM MSTUS President Donald Trump flies out of Washing at 4 p.m. MST Sunday and Air Force One will land at YYC at 9 PM MST. He will then chopper out to Kananaskis.No word yet on whether or not he packed his golf clubs to play the Kananaskis courses..1:11 PM MSTAnd we are off to a flying start.Walking into the media centre I tripped over a cord and went ass over tea kettle/ I was helped to my feet by a nice French reporter.Hopefully not an omen of the days to come..1:06 PM MSTLets start the blog with a bit of a gripe. The international media centre in the Banff Centre has no parking. The media guide says you can walk up from the Banff townsite.Not bloody likely. Cab companies in town must be doing a brish business.