Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day will meet with his counterpart in London on Tuesday to discuss security issues before heading to Germany for the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers' meeting.
Day will meet today with Britain's Home Secretary John Reid to discuss counter-terrorism and security within both countries.
The public safety minister said his meeting with Reid will focus specifically on their country's efforts and mutual interests in Afghanistan.
"There is a lot of discussion on information sharing and intelligence about the various terrorist activity that goes on and how some of that flows through to the U.K. and what measures we can have in place so that it doesn't flow into Canada," Day told Canada AM from London on Tuesday.
"It's to keep information flow going and the commitment levels going and to make sure that everything is being done to protect Canadians, to protect people in the U.K. and to protect our troops in Afghanistan," Day said.
With the imminent departure of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Day will also focus on Canada's future relationship with Britain during this time of transition.
"In terms of Afghanistan, Britain's commitment there is very strong," Day said.
Day said both nations "have to be concerned" about terrorist networks that feed into Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"There is a crossover of intelligence sharing that has to happen to ensure everything is being done, that can be done, to limit the terrorist activity," Day said.
After Day meets with Reid in Britain, he will head to Germany for the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers' meeting from May 23-25 at the invitation of German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries and Federal Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Sch锟絬ble.
The meeting in Munich will also focus on security, counter-terrorism, preventing the sexual abuse of children and combating opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.
European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini and Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Nobel are expected to attend the meetings along with the justice and interior ministers of France, Italy, Japan, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.
Other topics on the agenda are intellectual property and piracy; and Internet security.
"It is beyond question that the major security and immigration challenges of our time cannot be tackled by one single country on its own but that they need to be addressed by an international alliance," Sch锟絬ble said in a statement about the meeting.
