CIF – Page 4 – Canada India Foundation

9 Dec

Ottawa needs a comprehensive strategy for Canada-India relations

{mosimage}Ottawa, Canada – August 15, 2007 – India celebrates 60 years of independence. This occasion offers Canada an opportunity to reevaluate its relationship with one of history’s oldest continuing civilizations, a nation that is the world’s largest pluralistic democracy, and a major Asian military and economic power. Like Canada, India inherited its parliamentary democracy, common […]

9 Dec

The reverse Raj: Indian businesses turn tables on imperial master

Britain took commercial and cultural advantage of India as its imperial master. Now a new generation of wealthy Indians is reversing the roles The assembled businessmen wore black ties and listened politely to a string quartet under crystal chandeliers in a magnificent ballroom. The room buzzed with talk of the old country, but more importantly […]

9 Dec

An adventure called India

{mosimage} The reason India has survived all the stresses and strains that have beset it for 60 years is that it maintained consensus on how to manage without consensus. In 10 days, we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of India’s independence. Six decades ago, at midnight on August 15, 1947, independent India was born as […]

9 Dec

Canada’s missing out in India: Tata

Top executive of one of India’s biggest companies says Canadian businesses aren’t taking advantage of boom {mosimage}TORONTO – A top executive of one of the biggest companies in India says Canadian business is missing out on a golden opportunity: India’s rise as an economic power. Alan Rosling, executive director of Tata Group, a conglomerate with […]

9 Dec

Trade deal with India ‘a natural’ for Canada

Agreement will provide great potential to open markets, Emerson says {mosimage}Canada and India have signed a new deal aimed at boosting two-way trade by making it easier and more secure for both countries to invest in each other. International Trade Minister David Emerson and India’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, announced their signing of a […]

9 Dec

Canada-India Relations: The Need to Re-Engage

Paper prepared for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Click here to read the full article

9 Dec

India 2020 and Canada India Relations

Report on Roundtable Discussions organized by Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce, Toronto on October 25, 2005. Click here to read the full article

9 Dec

Ex President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Vision for India

Ex-President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalaam’s Speech in Hyderabad. This is a highly recommended read. Click here to read the full article

9 Dec

Free trade agreement with India will boost Canada’s prosperity and security

Ottawa, Canada – The Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) welcomes the decision of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government to begin negotiating a “high-quality free trade agreement” with India. This initiative was announced by Parliamentary Secretary Ted Menzies on behalf of International Trade Minister David Emerson in India on Monday night. “This is a significant […]

9 Dec

Remember the elephant

For too long Canada has somehow overlooked the biggest democracy in the world, India, mistakenly focusing on China instead. For too long Canada has somehow overlooked the biggest democracy in the world, India, mistakenly focusing on China instead. A passage to India, or a slow boat to China? At last, Stephen Harper’s government might be […]