The high price of a handshake: Carney’s G7 Modi invite

If Canada cannot draw a line at political assassination on its own soil, where will we draw one?

Canada's invite to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 is historic in the way political duplicities often are: low-key, deliberate, and draped in the language of pragmatic necessity, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

June 9, 2025

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rise has been a study in principled restraint—a technocrat who brought calm to markets and credibility to institutions. But his decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit signals an

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