G-8 leaders are expected to spend a full day discussing aid to Africa when they meet in Kananaskis next week.
But those lobbying for debt relief for the struggling African nations say it's not the amount of time leaders spend on the issue that matters but how committed they are to change.
"For us it's less of a question of time and more of quality," said Marie Clarke, co-ordinator for Jubilee 2000, a Washington-based group committed to pushing for the elimination of heavy debts that are crippling countries as they try to become sustainable.
Clarke said she was disappointed with what came from last weekend's meeting of G-7 leaders in Halifax.
"(It) was on the agenda but they didn't take it forward," she said.
"My hope at the G-8 is if they spend a day focused on the African issue they'd actually have a high quality of results and would commit to much deeper debt cancellation."
While an official agenda of the G-8 meeting isn't expected to be released until later this week, Sun sources say Africa is expected to take up the full second day of the agenda, June 27, with African leaders and G-8 countries likely having a joint press conference.
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