Canada will host the 2028 global summit of the Francophonie in the Ottawa area, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday.
“We have decided to bring the world to Canada to celebrate the vitality, the wealth and the resilience of the French language in this country and around the world,” Carney said in French at a midday Canada Day event near Parliament Hill.
The summit will take place in the National Capital Region, which encompasses Ottawa and the area around Gatineau, Que.
The Francophonie summit, which typically takes place every two years, sees leaders gather to discuss the state of the French language and shared interests such as democracy, education and the environment….