The Canadian high commissioner to London flatly objected to barring British MP George Galloway from Canada, saying it would simply provide "a greater platform" for a vocal politician who's "not taken seriously" in his homeland.

France's Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment Christine Lagarde , Canada's Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner attend the final press conference for the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting in Iqaluit, Canada, February 6, 2010.

Nortel pensioners rally on Parliament Hill in October to highlight the impact of Nortel's financial woes on their severance packages, pensions and disability payments.

As Canadians continue to donate tens of millions of dollars to relief efforts in Haiti, aid organizations are scrambling to ensure as much money as possible finds its way into the devastated country.

Ontario : A man wakes up one morning and finds that the entrances to his driveway have been blocked by cement barriers.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left,and England's Chancellor of the Excheguer Alistair Darling share a laugh during a joint news conference at the G7 Finance Ministers conference in the Canadian northern community of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Saturday February 6, 2010.

Johnny X is Canada's spy who came in from the cold. An enigmatic secret agent, he spent a lifetime covertly battling Nazis and Communists on several continents while living under a death sentence.

By the crack of dawn, the Royal Canadian Dragoons' armor was in position, fanned out across a dusty vineyard for Operation Tazi to secure a key land route into Kandahar from the Taliban.

as Flaherty ducks out of G7 talks to visit igloo

Chancellor Alistair Darling voiced fears at the G7 meeting of world finance ministers of losing the unity that helped them overcome last year's near meltdown.