Canada’s partnership with the Aga Khan is worth renewing
Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with the Aga Khan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Media Source: The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Date: 2 April 2026
Aga Khan V shares with Mr. Carney the view that solving the world’s most pressing problems – inequality, displacement, climate, conflict – cannot wait for consensus to form, and that the answer is durable institutions and targeted investment. The joint declaration they issued last week reflects that shared disposition. On…
Aga Khan V shares with Mr. Carney the view that solving the world’s most pressing problems – inequality, displacement, climate, conflict – cannot wait for consensus to form, and that the answer is durable institutions and targeted investment. The joint declaration they issued last week reflects that shared disposition. On housing, Mr. Carney welcomed Ismaili Imamat investments in multi-generational, not-for-profit housing projects across Canada. A community that arrived as refugees is now helping to house the next generation of Canadians. That is not a symbolic gesture. It is a practical intervention in the most urgent domestic challenge Canada faces, delivered by a community that has always preferred building to waiting. At a moment when the international order is under sustained pressure, this kind of concrete coalition between a G7 government and a globally embedded civil institution is exactly what responsible middle-power leadership looks like.