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NUMBERS Game
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CA Magazine
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Brearton, Steve
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A GR8 meeting Leaders of the US, Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Japan and Canada will gather in July for the G8 summit the 34th annual meeting of the world's major industrialized democracies
3 Number of women who have attended summits as leaders. Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher became the first female attendee in 1979, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell went in 1993 and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rounded out the group in 2006.
4 Occasions on which Canada has held the annual summit. In 1981, when former prime minister Pierre Trudeau hosted Canada's first meeting at Montebello, Que., costs totaled $7 million - not including extras such as $602,000 for special ...