Canada’s Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson and Italy’s Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin met today on the margins of the G7 Energy and Environment Ministerial Meeting in Toronto to formally launch the Canada-Italy bilateral Energy Dialogue. The Ministers agreed the Energy Dialogue will serve as a coordination mechanism to advance shared energy and natural resources priorities highlighted under the June 2025 Joint Statement by Prime Minister Mark Carney and President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni, and future initiatives that may be identified.