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G7 speakers, officials gathering in capital region today

Canada is hosting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and officials from G7 countries and Ukraine in the Ottawa area today, with meetings running through Saturday under Canada's G7 presidency.
As Canada's G7 presidency continues, it includes meetings of various ministerial leaders throughout the year and follows Canada hosting the first Speakers of the Lower Houses of the G7 meeting in 2002.
Organizers kept the location secret until some media were transported by shuttle bus on Friday morning to a government conference centre in Chelsea, Quebec, near Canada's capital region.
Working sessions address online disinformation, 'fostering respectful debate' amid polarization, and violence against lawmakers, while Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia reaffirmed support for Ukraine's sovereignty and sought candid talks on democracy's dangers.
Scarpaleggia's office described the meetings as addressing challenges facing legislators worldwide and Canada invited the chair of Ukraine's parliament, though Japan's House Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga is absent.

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