Canada: People gathered to protest against the G7 summit

In Canada, hundreds of people gathered in downtown Calgary to protest against the G-7 summit in Kananaskis.

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00:00In this contest in Canada, hundreds of people gathered in downtown Calgary to protest against the G7 summit in Kananskis.

00:07Many of the demonstrators in Calgary expressed their disagreement with U.S. President Trump's presence in Canada

00:15after he had been advocating for months the idea of annexing the country.

00:20Some 400 people subsequently marched through downtown Calgary, which led to the closure of several streets.

00:27A former Canadian Parliament member, Charlie Ongos, launched a campaign for the government to ban Trump from entering the country,

00:36calling him a convicted felon and a sexual predator.

00:40The meeting's host, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Trump on Monday

00:46before the formal start of the summit sessions.