The new government in Ottawa will likely review Canadian foreign policy toward Asia and think about how best to adapt former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Karthik Nachiappan: Canada-India Ties: Nowhere to Go But Up?
Asia Pacific Research Foundation, May 8, 2025
Karthik Nachiappan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (Ottawa).
It is difficult to predict developments in Canada-India relations. The last few years have been rough.
First, the international context has changed.
Second, Delhi is negotiating a deal to try to avoid the worst of Trump’s tariffs while at the same time hedging against the U.S. by expanding its diplomatic partnerships.