{"id":32537,"date":"2023-02-11T06:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32537"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:17:23","slug":"india-canada-bialteral-relation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-canada-bialteral-relation\/","title":{"rendered":"India-Canada Bialteral Relation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All About India-Canada Relations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, Canadian Foreign Minister met with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for the India-Canada Strategic Dialogue held in Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>The visit is seen as an attempt by both sides to put bilateral ties back on track.<\/li>\n<li>It focused primarily on Canada\u2019s newly released Indo-Pacific strategy that calls India an important partner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>All About India-Canada relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Background of India-Canada Relations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1947.<\/li>\n<li>Bilateral relation was elevated to a strategic partnership during PM Modi\u2019s visit to Canada in 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cooperation in COVID-19 Pandemic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Repatriation flights:\n<ul>\n<li>Special charter flights were operated by the Canadian High Commission and facilitated by India to evacuate stranded Canadian nationals from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Supply of medicines:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Export of a total of 12.34 crore paracetamol tablets, 5 crore Hydroxychloroquine tablets and 3510 kgs of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate USP (API); and 10 Million eye shield with face mask were approved and shipped to Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Trade relations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A priority market for Canada, in 2021, <u>India was Canada\u2019s 14th largest export market<\/u>, and <u>13th largest trading partner overall<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>According to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade:\n<ul>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Exports to India was US$2.39 Billion during 2021; and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s Exports to Canada was US$3.56 Billion during the same period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canada and India are working toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement.\n<ul>\n<li>India is also negotiating the Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA), ahead of a CEPA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Pension Funds have invested around US$ 32.6 billion in India till 2020.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Pension Funds and other major investment firms have pledged portfolio investments of over US$ 50 billion in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Development cooperation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After 55 years of bilateral programming in India totaling $2.39 billion, Canada\u2019s bilateral development assistance program came to an end in 2006.\n<ul>\n<li>This was following a change in Indian government policy regarding aid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canada supports various projects in India via Grand Challenges Canada.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The main programming sector of the Partnerships for Development Innovation Branch is maternal, newborn and child health, which includes support to early childhood development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Nuclear Cooperation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian aid to India in the nuclear field begun in 1956. However, this relationship deteriorated in 1974 after India conducted <strong>Smiling Buddha nuclear test<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Canada was among the first countries to participate in India&#8217;s nuclear power program.<\/li>\n<li>CIRUS, the first research reactor to be built in India, was built with the help of Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Later, in June 2010, the nuclear cooperation was restored when a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) with Canada was signed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Science and Technology Cooperation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada was a partner country for the Technology Summit 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Department of Biotechnology under <strong>IC-IMPACTS program<\/strong> implements joint research projects in health care, agri-biotech and waste management.<\/li>\n<li>Department of Earth Science and Polar Canada have started a programme for exchange of knowledge and scientific research on Cold Climate (Arctic) Studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Cooperation in Space<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>ANTRIX, the Commercial arm of ISRO, has launched several nanosatellites from Canada.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>ISRO in its 100th Satellite PSLV launched on 12 January 2018, also flew Canadian first LEO satellite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada: Cooperation in Indo-Pacific<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In November 2022, <strong>Canada\u2019s Indo-Pacific strategy was released<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Canada, 20 per cent of whose population originates in the Indo-Pacific region, is the <u>last G7 nation to embrace the concept of the Indo-Pacific<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Canadian strategy document contains sharp words on China\u2019s coercive challenge to the international rules-based order and on human rights.<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand, this document highlights India\u2019s strategic importance and asked Canada to work closely with India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>India-Canada People-to-People Connect<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada hosts one of the largest Indian diasporas in the world, numbering 1.6 million (PIOs and NRIs) which account for more than 4% of its total population.\n<ul>\n<li>In the field of politics, in particular, the present House of Commons (total strength of 338) has 22 Members of Parliament of Indian-origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>For the first time, Canada Post and India Post joined hands to issue a commemorative stamp on Diwali in 2017. Diwali has been celebrated on the Parliament Hill for the last 18 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the challenges in India-Canada Relations?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Separatist Khalistani groups<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada has been providing a safe haven for separatist Khalistani groups, which New Delhi sees as the Liberal Party\u2019s pandering to these groups for votes.\n<ul>\n<li>Diaspora Sikhs are well represented in the Trudeau government. Some of them are politically supported by pro-Khalistan groups.<\/li>\n<li>Jagmeet \u2018Jimmy\u2019 Dhaliwal, whose New Democratic Party supports Trudeau\u2019s minority government in Parliament, is viewed with suspicion by the Indian establishment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Last year, New Delhi objected to Canada permitting a Khalistani secessionist \u201creferendum\u201d in the Sikh diaspora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canada is slow to act against anti-India elements on its soil<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, a Hindu temple near Toronto was vandalised and defaced with anti-India graffiti.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Concerns that Canada is slow to act against anti-India elements on its soil have been a constant irritant in the relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other irritants include<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Attacks on Indian-origin people;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Canadian comments over India\u2019s farmer protests and India\u2019s cancellation of diplomatic talks in response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Both countries seem to realise that any attempt to reset bilateral ties will need to surmount Canada\u2019s vote-bank restraints and India\u2019s security concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Indo-Pacific strategy emphasised India\u2019s strategic importance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It offers a wider staging ground for the two to come together, based on a shared suspicion of China, and seeking to expand trade ties, invest in supply chain resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Who was the first East Indian in Canada?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The very first Indians to visit Canada were part of a Sikh military contingent traveling through British Columbia on the way to Queen Victoria&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee celebrations that year in London. A second group of Sikh soldiers visited in 1902 on the way to Edward VII&#8217;s coronation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0What are the top 5 Canadian lakes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Aside from the ascents and descents, Canada is also world-famous for its lakes with five, in particular (Erie, Superior, Huron, Ontario and Michigan), making up what is commonly known as the country&#8217;s Great Lakes system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-canada-fms-discuss-reset-in-ties-with-indo-pacific-strategy\/article66479145.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India, Canada FMs discuss reset in ties with Indo-Pacific strategy<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mea.gov.in\/Portal\/ForeignRelation\/India_canada_2021nw.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>MEA<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.international.gc.ca\/country-pays\/india-inde\/relations.aspx?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Government of Canada<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India and Canada established diplomatic relations in 1947 and elevated it to a strategic partnership in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}