Prime Minister Laurier had high hopes for the growing importance of Canada on the world stage when he said, “Canada will fill the 20th Century.” He expected Canada to continue having a more important role in the world over the next 100 years. Although Canada did not become a global “superpower” in the 20th Century like the U.S.A it nonetheless improved its global reputation around the world militarily, politically, and economically. This can be definitively illustrated by the fact that Canada was included in the G7 in 1976, the Group of the 7 most economically important countries in the world that meet regularly to discuss global economic and social issues and includes Canada, Britain, Germany, France, USA, Japan, and Italy.