Prime Minister Stephen Harper will board an aircraft bound for Cannes, France and a critical meeting of G20 leaders.
The primary issue at the upcoming meetings will be the financial turmoil in Greece and its tentative plan to hold a referendum on a European bailout.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warned on Tuesday that the Greek decision to hold a referendum places the global economic recovery in peril.
”What affects Europe, affects the United States, affects Canada … this kind of turmoil in Europe is not good for anyone around the world,” he said.
Greece’s prime minister held firm early Wednesday to his shock decision to call for a referendum despite.
George Papandreou’s government still faces a battle for survival, with a vote of confidence scheduled for Friday and a grilling from frustrated leaders expected later in the day ahead of the G20 Summit.
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