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A 'delicate' balance for Canada and a 'win-win' for Modi as Carney visits India

BBC, February 28, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  Allegations of foreign interference and transnational repression have remained a point of contention for some members of Canada's Sikh community, who have criticized Carney for prioritizing economic interests over their safety.

It is a situation that will require "delicate handling", Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President (Research & Strategy) of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, told the BBC.

Carney expected to discuss energy, defence, uranium, trade, and more during ‘ambitious’ Asia trip

CTV News, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Jeff Nankivell, President & CEO,  APF Canada

Excerpt:   Nankivell says that PM Carney has an "ambitious agenda" heading into this trip to India. He notes the substantive deal on nuclear energy, adding that "Now that Canada has the physical capacity through the TMX pipeline expansion," you will likely see more deals between Canada and India around conventional energy. 

But when it comes to ongoing accusations of foreign interference, Nankivell says it is about "dealing with the world as it is... and not only as we wish it to be."

"The two governments seem confident they can manage [these issues] going forward," but Nankivell says the trial for the 2023 murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.,  will still be watched closely later this year. 

Canada pushes OpenAI for answers after B.C. shooting

CBC News: The National, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada; 

Excerpt:  "India is the most populace country in the world, it is the fourth largest economy, it is the fastest growing economy, and it is the important geopolitical actor... for [Canada] to diversify non-U.S. exports, India has to be a critical part of that puzzle." 

Mark Carney travels to India, Australia and Japan

The Canadian Press, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  "The Indo-Pacific is the center of gravity of geopolitics and economic growth [...] which are increasingly converging," Nadjibulla said.

“Canada is experiencing an important moment in Asia. Prime Minister Carney’s speech really marked a turning point in how Asia perceives Canada."

"...We don't have many details [on Carney's visit to India] but I hope we will have announcements related to this trilateral partnership."

L'Essentiel : Mark Carney part en mission économique

CPAC, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Jeff Nankivell, President & CEO, APF Canada

Excerpt:  "The world has changed dramatically over the past decade and a half. And we now live in a different world.

India has just signed multiple free trade agreements with partners, and Canada remains the only G7 country without a free trade agreement or trade agreement with India. On the Indian side, there has been a shift in its global approach towards free trade agreements. 

...It is a key objective for Prime Minister Carney during his visits... is to secure these investments. Both sides show strong will to advance trade and investment relations, as well as progress in several other sectors."

From energy to AI: Five big themes behind Carney's mission to India

Canadian Press, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  “Canada has a lot of ground to make up,” Nadjibulla on the Canada-India reset.

“This is about rebuilding trust, because there is a desire to engage in a long-term strategic partnership with India.”

“...We’re likely also to see some specific announcements that have been unlocked because of the political reset initiated last year, on something like uranium, for instance.'

CBC News Network’s Aarti Pole speaks with Barrett Bingley on the prime minister’s trip to India

CBC News, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Barrett Bingley, Asia Regional Director, Asia Regional Office (Singapore), APF Canada

Excerpt:  Bingley says it is important to view PM Carney's trip to India in the context of "what's been happening since the summer of 2025" in the Canada-India diplomatic reset and his broader strategy across the region.

"The prime minister has been laying out all the pieces for a trade and investment diversification puzzle and this trip has the potential to complete that and set us up for a bigger 2026." Her adds that these discussions can also "give Canada a number of cards to play in the upcoming CUSMA negotiations and some optionality in trade and investment negotiations" with both the U.S. and other economies. 

‘No longer a threat’: How Canada U-turned on India ahead of Carney visit

Al Jazeera, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada; Michael Kugelman, Senior Fellow, APF Canada

Excerpt:  Nadjibulla told Al Jazeera that Ottawa has moved from a public, crisis-driven posture to a more deliberate, step-by-step “reset”.

Under Carney, “the emphasis is on rebuilding structured channels so security concerns – including transnational repression and interference – can be handled through sustained law enforcement and national security cooperation rather than megaphone diplomacy,” she argued.

“Ottawa is trying to do both at once: defend the rule of law at home while advancing areas of mutual interest abroad. 

Meanwhile Kugelman said "Canadian officials definitely still worry about the transnational repression issue, and particularly as legal proceedings continue,”

Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to strengthen economic ties with India on trip to Mumbai, New Delhi

CTV News, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  “Both for India and for Canada, the big picture is one of diversification and reducing overreliance on the U.S.,”  Nadjibulla said in an interview ahead of the trip.

“There is definitely sort of a Trump accelerator in play here, because both sides are moving quicker than they have in the past when it comes to forging partnerships and making deals.”

Canadian PM Carney heads to India on ‘significant’ trip to consolidate ties

Al Jazeera, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  “This is a very significant visit and allows Prime Minister Carney to consolidate a reset that began in the relationship last year,” said  Nadjibulla.

PM Carney brings his ‘middle-power diplomacy’ to India, begins 10-day trip

CHCH News, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  "This is Prime Minister Carney taking his Davos 'middle power diplomacy' agenda on the road." 

Nadjibulla says this trip to India will be a chance to put those tenets of Carney's viral speech to the test and bring those ideas to a part of the world "that is going to be really consequential to Canada's prosperity and security." 

Carney's messaging, she says, has "open[ed] up strategic opportunities between Canada and India that didn't exist before." 

Why is Carney in India despite a strained past?

Global News, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  Nadjibulla calls India a "critical and consequential" partner to Canada despite the last few years of tension. Mark Carney's trip to India is a "high-stakes visit" amid Canada's bid to reset its relationship with India and expand economic ties in areas like energy security. 

"The ambition for the trip is quite high. It's going to focus on economy, energy, technology, education, as well as the defence sector.... at the very least, the prime minister needs some very specific outcomes, for example announcements on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, making progress, showing Canada and India can deliver, and taking advantage of the enormous economic potential that exists" in India.

Mark Carney’s trip to India was unimaginable more than a year ago. Now it’s his Davos speech in action

Toronto Star, February 27, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  Past diplomatic tensions involving foreign interference and transnational repression make Carney's trip to India a real-time example of Carney’s “variable geometry” effort, the idea he outlined in his now-famous Davos speech in January, to co-operate with other countries in areas of shared interest, even if those countries have substantial disagreements on other issues, said  Nadjibulla.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's latest trade mission aims to boost trade, thaw tensions with India

CBC Listen: On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko, February 28, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  Nadjibulla tells CBC that "it's great to see so much activity" in Canada's economic diversification agenda "but implementation here at home will have to speed up" to ensure Canada's meets its end of these bargains.

On India, Nadjibulla says the question is not 'are we in a reset' but rather "can this reset be sustainable and what would it take to make it an enduring reset... [and] deepen the strategic partnerships... beyond crisis management?" She adds that sustaining this reset will require tools to address the accusations of foreign interference by India in Canada, and on-going high-level dialogues with India. 

PM Carney's Trip To India & Remembering Giorgio Mammoliti

Zoomer Radio, February 26, 2026

Featuring: Jeff Nankivell, President & CEO, APF Canada

Excerpt:  Nankivell tells Zoomer Radio that the Canada-India reset is "already well underway" as PM Carney visits India this week as part of a ten-day trip to the Indo-Pacific region. 

The reset, he says, "really began with the invitation by PM Carney to PM Modi to attend the G7 Summit in July... and they have met subsequently on the margins of multilateral meetings... and the invitation had been extended to Carney to make an official bilateral visit" to India later in 2025. 

While he admits there are "historical reasons why the Canada-India has under-performed relative to the size of the two economies," he stresses that there is a strong motivation from India to find "new partners for energy supplies... [and] there is a desire to get more from Canada in certain types of commodities" like agricultural products.  

What must Carney accomplish on his trip to India?

CBC News - Power & Politics, February 26, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  “I think through this trip [to India] Prime Minister Carney is trying to solidify the reset, and do so by having some concrete deliverables in areas like technology and cooperation." 

Carney is "trying to make [the Canada-India] reset enduring," and according to Nadjibulla, the best way to achieve that goal is through "practical areas of co-operation... real deals, long-term deals" such as ten-year proposals on nuclear energy co-operation and agreements on Indian investment in Canadian LNG projects. 

"Are there issues? Yes. Can this trip be successful in solidifying the rest? Absolutely." 

India is signing trade deals with other middle powers. Canada cannot get lost in the shuffle

The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2026

Featuring: Tanya Dawar, Research Scholar, South Asia, APF Canada

Excerpt:  The India-EU trade agreement can serve as a “benchmark” for Ottawa as it pursues its own trade talks with New Delhi, according to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

“India offered the EU its best deal thus far,” writes Tanya Dawar, a research scholar with the Foundation, in a recent report.

“...Notably, the EU–India agreement includes a dedicated chapter for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that improves access to information on operating in each market.”

Why Asia Matters

TransMountain, February 26, 2026

Featuring: APF Canada's Canada-in-Asia Conference 2026

Excerpt: Trans Mountain's CEO Mark Maki, who participated in the Canada-in-Asia Conference in Singapore, says "Asia is the centre of global energy demand growth, and Trans Mountain is the most direct, efficient and secure link between Canadian supply and that demand,” said Mark. “We’re already seeing momentum. In 2025, more than 65% of our exports from the Westridge Marine Terminal were delivered to Asia — and our route has a built-in competitive advantage, being the fastest path from Alberta to the Pacific.

As Carney heads to India, what can the two countries gain from each other?

Globe News, February 26, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada

Excerpt:  “India has a tremendous amount of demand and need for both clean and conventional energy, and Canada is a major producer,” said  Nadjibulla.

“Until recently, Canada didn’t have the export infrastructure to get its oil and gas to Asia, but now it does. And I think we’ll increasingly see more such opportunities.”

PrimeTime Politics: Poilievre's pitch – February 26, 2026

CPAC, February 26, 2026

Featuring: Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, APF Canada 

Excerpt:  Nadjibulla says PM Carney's Davos speech received a lot of attention in India, where there was much excitement about a "more pragmatic, more realism-based Canadian foreign policy, but also a recognition that the world genuinely has changed."

While she adds that Canadians have been very focused on our trading relationship with the U.S., "it is important to see how this middle power diplomacy, how this coalition-building around specific interests, how that's going to work in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region... It's a real opportunity to see how [Canada's] Indo-Pacific Strategy can now be made 'fit for purpose' in today's moment of transition and volatility."