India is Canada’s Answer to Global Trade Upheaval
As a proud Canadian, I want our country to lead. I want us to be respected on the worldstage, shape alliances, and survive the global trade upheaval set in motion by U.S. PresidentDonald Trump. As Canada urgently pursues trade diversification, it’s time to double down onour Indo-Pacific Strategy by specifically re-centring India in it. Canada’s much talked about focus on the Indo-Pacific region will remain just that — mostlytalk — if we don’t find a way to bring India back to the table right away. India isn’t justanother player in the Indo-Pacific — it’s the player. With a population of 1.4 billion, aswelling middle class, a booming tech sector, and an increasingly assertive geopoliticalpresence, India is not the future — it is the present, an inescapable reality Canada
