Leaders attending the G7 Economic Summit applaud summit chairman Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien as he makes closing remarks with the schooner Bluenose II moored in the background, Halifax, N.S., Saturday, June 17, 1995. From left to right are Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini, British Prime Minister John Major, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and European Commission President Jacques Santer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughn