Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely visit India the first week of March and sign deals on uranium, energy, minerals and artificial intelligence, Dinesh Patnaik, India’s High Commissioner to Canada said in an interview. Carney is making all-out efforts to diversify Canada’s alliances beyond the U.S., its top trade partner. In Davos last week, he earned a rare standing ovation for saying the old rules-based order is over and called on middle powers like Canada to build coalitions to shape a fairer, more resilient world. His viral speech followed an agreement with China to slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola and open up to C$7 billion ($5.11 billion) in export markets as he tries to double non-U.S. exports over the next decade.Carney is also resetting relations with India after his predecessor Justin Trudeau accused the Indian government of involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in 2023. India has denied those claims.Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Group of 7 summit on Carney’s invitation last year and several of Carney’s ministers have traveled to India.”I have a feeling in the first week of March is what we are looking at,” said High Commissioner Patnaik on Carney’s visit during a weekend interview. Carney’s office declined to comment. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday Carney would visit Australia in March to address parliament. Canada’s Energy Minister Tim Hodgson is visiting India this week and said the timing of Carney’s trip was not yet set.
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