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.