India is not the strategic partner Canada thinks it is

Artificially compartmentalizing Canada's economic relationship with India, separate from the political relationship, is a fraught approach.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Canadian approach to the relationship with India has been based on flawed logic with the potential to yield disastrous results, writes Prabjot Singh.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PRABJOT SINGH

October 23, 2025

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand recently led an official visit to New Delhi where she launched a "New Roadmap for Canada-India Relations." While the ensuing

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