News Analysis
The federal government has made a very public foreign policy shift to deepen ties with Europe amid uncertainty in the Canada-U.S. relationship, but changes are also afoot regarding how Ottawa deals with Asia.
Under pressure to find new markets, all eyes are on how Canada will manage the India and U.S. adversary China when it comes to dealings with Asia.
A first major sign of the foreign policy realignment took place with Prime Minister Mark Carney inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit in Canada in mid-June.
Relations between Canada and India had been in turmoil since 2023, when Ottawa accused New Delhi of being involved in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. Nijjar was a Sikh gurdwara leader advocating for the creation of an independent Sikh state within India. New Delhi has denied the allegations….