Blackleaf Posted July 12, 2005 #1 Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm not saying Canada shouldn't be. I just thought I'd post something that I found. BELOW, THE BIG BOY CLUB GDP Economic Rank G8 Attendee $ Millions 2004 GDP/Capita Representative Title Status 1 United States 11,667,515 $37,800 George W. Bush President Member G6 2 Japan 4,623,398 $28,200 Junichiro Koizumi Prime Minister Member G6 3 Germany 2,714,418 $27,600 Gerhard Schroder Chancellor Member G6 4 United Kingdom 2,140,898 $27,700 Tony Blair Prime Minister Member G6 5 France 2,002,582 $27,600 Jacques Chirac President Member G6 6 Italy 1,672,302 $26,700 Silvio Burlesconi President Member G6 7 China 1,649,329 $5,000 Hu Jintao President outreach attendee 8 Spain 991,442 $22,000 WILL NEVER BE INVITED 9 Canada 979,764 $29,800 Paul Martin Prime Minister Member G7 invited by Ford 10 India 691,876 $2,900 Manmohan Singh Prime Minister outreach attendee 11 Korea 679,674 $17,800 NOT INVITED 12 Mexico 676,497 $9,000 Vicente Fox President outreach attendee 13 Australia 631,256 $29,000 SHOULD BE INVITED 14 Brazil 604,855 $7,600 Luis Inacio Lula da Silva President outreach attendee 15 Russia 582,395 $8,900 Vladimir Putin President Member G8 invited by Clinton …… 27 South Africa 210,938 $10,700 Thabo Mbeki President outreach attendee IMF Rodrigo de Rato Managing Director Spain World Bank Paul Wolfowitz President United States International Energy Agency Claude Mandil Executive Director France WTO Supachai Panitchpakdi Director General Thailand UN Kofi Annan Secretary General Ghana EU Jose Manuel Barroso President Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackleaf Posted July 12, 2005 Author #2 Share Posted July 12, 2005 This is slightly out of date. Here are 2005's figures - 1 United States 12,438,873 2 Japan 4,799,061 3 Germany 2,906,658 4 United Kingdom 2,295,039 5 France 2,216,273 6 People's Republic of China (Mainland) 1,843,117 7 Italy 1,836,407 8 Spain 1,120,312 9 Canada 1,098,446 10 Russia 755,437 11 India 749,443 12 Brazil 732,078 13 South Korea 720,772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_fury Posted July 12, 2005 #3 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Why will Spain never be invited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftsbury Posted July 12, 2005 #4 Share Posted July 12, 2005 I don't think it is based solely on a nations GDP. Here's a bit of background on the G8 from the official Canadian government site. Canada's G8 Website It looks like we started participating in the G8 in 1976, so maybe they just keep us around for old times sake This is interesting...did you know that there is also a G20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanato Posted July 13, 2005 #5 Share Posted July 13, 2005 because we are one of the most advanced, technologicly and economicly in the world. ~Thanato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted July 13, 2005 #6 Share Posted July 13, 2005 The G8 has proved useless in helping solve many of the world's problems. This is just a rich boys' show-off in front of tv cameras. Very condescending behaviour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now