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The Banff-hosted G7 summit is underway with top diplomatic figures engaging in high-level bilateral talks. As meetings involving Zelenskyy, Modi, and Carney ignite global policy debates, local reactions reveal that the pomp of international diplomacy hardly translates into excitement for residents and visitors—a reminder that even summits can fall flat on home turf.
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