Pressure on Carney to address Indian interference allegations after Modi meeting

Pressure on Carney to address Indian interference allegations after Modi meeting Canadian prime minister and Indian prime minister mostly discussed trade during Carney’s visit to India Mark Carney is under mounting pressure to address whether he believes Indian interference in Canada remains a threat after he met with Narendra Modi , India’s prime minister, whose government is accused of orchestrating the killing a Canadian citizen. “We are one family,” the Canadian prime minister said from New Delhi on Monday, capping a four day trade-focused trip meant reset relations with the world’s most populous nation. Carney says he wants to have a free-trade agreement with the world’s fifth biggest economy by the end of this year. The two nations signed a number of memorandums as well as a landmark $2.6bn uranium deal. Canada hopes that two-way trade with India could reach C$70bn by 2030. Modi praised Carney for working to reset the stalled bilateral relationship and the two announced plans to meet again – in Canada – after Modi accepted Carney’s invitation to visit. During his visit, Carney reiterated his government’s belief in “principled pragmatism” acknowledging that “not every partner will share all our values”. A readout after his meeting with Modi, said that Carney “underscored that Canada will continue to take measures to combat” transnational repression. The release did not include additional details. Carney’s office cancelled a planned press conference Monday, citing the lengthy nature of meetings with Modi’s government and a tight travel schedule to Australia. The prime minister has yet to answer questions from reporters after a senior official said last week the government was “confident” that India’s campaign of threats and violence had ended, adding that if they had not, Carney and a high-level delegation “wouldn’t be taking this trip”. Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Anita Anand, told reporters in New Delhi that “the words of the senior official are not wor...