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Website : www.imec.biz Call - 416-827-5189 / (e-mail) [email protected] “ There is a dire need to Consul General’s Roundtable depoliticize pipelines ” Media and Events Corporation (IMEC) US President Joe hosted a Consul General’s Roundtable on Biden cancelled the Friday, January 15. Rana Sarkar, Canada’s keystone XL pipeline Consul General to San Francisco, Apoorva on his first day in Srivastava, India’s Consul General to Toronto office. The 8-billion- and M. Rangaswami, Founder, Indiaspora dollar project from (Washington DC) participated and spoke at TC Energy (Calgary) had a 1947 km long the event. Vipul Jani, Editor of Canada India pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele Insight e-paper was the host and moderator. City, Nebraska USA And from there to the Here are the excerpts from this interesting refineries in Texas Gulf Coast. Canada India USA Development webinar : Continued on Page # 2 Forum (CIUDF), in association with Impact Continued on Page # 4

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Canada India USA development Forum (CIUDF), in Association with Impact media and events Corporation (IMEC) hosted a special webinar on the role of Indo Canadian Political leaders in Canada India relations on Saturday, February 20th. Hon. Prasad Panda, • Indian scientists have developed two made Minister of Infrastructure, Govt of Alberta, in India vaccines. Drugs Controller General Bob Saroya, MP for Markham Unionville , of India (DGCI) granted approval to vaccines Impact Media & Events Corporation Deepak Anand, MPP, Malton, of serum institute’s Covishield of India and (IMEC), in association with Canada India , MPP, Mississauga Streetsville, Bharat biotech’s Covaxin. USA Development Forum (CIUDF), hosted , MPP, Brampton West, • India has joined the the first ever Punjab Ontario Virtual Devinder Shory, former MP for Calgary Conference on Friday, February 05. Hon. United Nations northeast (2008-2015), Azad Kaushik, Preneet Kaur, MP for Patiala (and Ex Security Council (UNSC) President of National Alliance of Minister of State for External Affairs, Govt of Indo Canadians participated as speakers. again last month. It will India), Apoorva Srivastava (India’s Consul Shuvaloy Majumdar moderated the sit in the 15 nation UNSC General to Toronto), Avneet Kaur (Joint session while Vipul Jani, Editor of Canada for the 2021-22 term as a CEO, Invest Punjab), Deepak Anand (MPP, non permanent member Mississauga Malton), Nina Tangri (MPP, India insight E paper was the host. Here are for the eighth time. Mississauga Streetsville) participated in the excerpts from this interesting webinar : • Trudeau government’s new gun legislation the online conference. Invest Punjab team would allow municipalities to ban handguns and John Thomas from Invest Ontario through bylaws, how- made fantastic presentations, while Hon. ever two days , Ontario’s Minister for Economic after saying he will act Development, Job Creation and Trade tough on gun crimes, delivered a video message on the occasion. he has abolished Here are the excerpts of the event : mandatory minimum MP Bob Saroya : we are leaders of CG Apoorva Srivastava : Vipulji, your sentences, even for Indian descent and we must work hand in New Punjab, Pyara Punjab Project is a hand with Canada and India. Canada repeat offenders and the serious offences wonderful initiative which enables us to welcomed me with open arms in 1973-74. committed with a gun, leaving most people showcase a wide range of opportunities that scratching their heads. India has equally given a ton to Canada, law- Continued on Page # 6 Continued on Page # 7 Continued on Page # 8

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Visit www.NotfromChina.in and let us be Vocal for Local. 2 “There is a dire need to depoliticize pipelines” Continued from page #1 Obama administration. established in 1953 by May 2021. burden on businesses. that is just TC Energy committed to net zero what impact will this have on at the federal level. At the The project was going to ship emissions across the keystone Alberta’s economy, jobs and its provincial level, there are others 830,000 barrels per day & project if it came into service in relations within Canada and with as well. there is also a need to create 17-18,000 jobs in 2023. It would also be the first US ? reduce the interprovincial trade Canada & about 42,000 in US. pipeline to be fully powered by barriers in Canada. President Obama vetoed this renewable energy by no later Minister Panda : Premier project in 2015, President Trump than 2030. This is not an issue of Kenney has been proactively Minister Panda : we are very okayed it again in 2016 and now science, environment, or advocating to identify the risks of vocal opposing the carbon tax for President Biden has cancelled it sustainability, but a decision of canceling projects like line 5 or a reason. we repealed the carbon again in 2021. What are the political nature. We are now stalling permit for line 3. It will tax imposed by the previous impacts of such massive flip flops looking at ways to recover our impact Alberta, Ontario and government becausr it was for today, what can be the investment if the project does Québec. Canadians have to pay creating economic pain without consequences of it tomorrow? not get back online. We are doing attention to the dangers of environmental gain. the Gov. of Alberta just invested 1.5 everything in our power to make obstructing development federal government thought they billion dollars in equity sure this decision doesn’t pave the projects which are essential to had the jurisdiction. Govt of investment in this project plus way for retroactive cancellations carry on with our daily lives. Alberta joined with the Govt of provided a $ 6 billion loan for other projects such as trans Trevin Stratton : this is not an Ontario, Saskatchewan and guarantee. All that money is now mountain expansion, Enbridge Alberta issue or Quebec, Ontario others to challenge it. We already up in the air. Keystone would line three and line 5 replacement or Michigan issue. this is a won in an Alberta court and we have connected world’s third projects and the coastal gas link national issue for Canada. 60% of will take it all the way to the largest oil reserves to the world’s pipeline that will take Canadian Quebec’s crude oil imports comes Supreme Court. largest refining market. there LNG to Asian markets. through line 9 via Line 5. it will were six comprehensive also put a much greater strain on Prashant Srivastava (Seneca scientific reviews done by the US Dr. Trevin Stratton : the transportation system, College) : state Department. US has 2.5 creating more risks and million miles of pipelines, enough emissions. what now ? Is there any outreach to circle the earth 100 times and as Team Canada to the US ? they’re complaining about the Vipul : last year when Premier Canadian pipeline. To discuss Jason Kenney went to the US, Minister Panda : Team this, Impact Media and Events the Governor of Michigan did not Canada, that is very good. all the Corporation (IMEC), in even meet with him, right ? premiers along with Jason association with Canada India Kenney asked the Prime Minister USA Development Forum Minister Panda : yes we asked to stand up for Canadian (CIUDF) organized a special Energy security is the corner- for a meeting but it was declined. interests. cancelling projects webinar inviting Hon. Prasad stone of effective climate action. however we have very good retroactively doesn’t offer Panda, Alberta’s Infrastructure This pipeline is providing energy support in both houses of comfort two potential investors Minister and Dr. Trevin Stratton, products at a very high Michigan legislature and we in any sector of our economy. Chief Economist and Sr. VP, environment standard, is won’t give up. it does not make any economic Canadian Chamber of Com- subjected to a progressive carbon merce. Vipul Jani, Editor of this tax, have set aggressive targets publication and Tejas Aivalli, for net zero. Canceling this member of CIUDF, moderated project might be displaced by the session. Here are the oil from producers that may not excerpts : adher to same high standards. This will be contradictory to US Minister Prasad Panda : administration’s commitment to climate action. It also continues to politicize pipelines in North America, which are the safest and cheapest way of transporting oil and gas products. it is very disappointing that at the start of a new administration, there are signals that they may be willing to sacrifice energy security and prosperity of both US and Alberta is extremely Canadian citizens. we are at a disappointed, to say the least. troubling situation where we may Tejas : what are your views on sense, any environmental sense Apart from the taxes and revenue not only have issues building new the carbon tax and what role you and it won’t stop here if we don’t this project would have projects to expand capacity but see it play in canada’s recovery get our act together, speaking in provided to all levels of Govt, also to defend existing from the pandemic ? Should one voice as Team Canada. We keystone also provided spinoff infrastructure that is key to Canada suspend levying the tax have to export our energy benefits for communities Canada and North America’s until we recover to 2019 levels ? products into new markets in a surrounding the project. You energy security. for example, safe way. Keep politics out of it. may have seen Premier Jason There is a dire need to Trevin Stratton : we have been Prime Minister Trudeau can pet Kenney’s letter to PM Trudeau, depoliticize pipelines and in support of carbon pricing but it himself on the back saying the federal Govt. must do recognize them as necessary needs to be done in the right way. saying Canada is back, we are more than just expressing component of a low emission the challenge in Canada is that not. He has to listen to premiers disappointment, just as your resilient and secure energy we layer the carbon pricing with of Canada and we have to be Govt. stood up for Canadian distribution system. regulations. a regulatory system reasonable and practical. aluminum and steel workers is not very competitive if you look when faced with an unfair US Vipul : after Keystone there is at international rankings. tariff in 2018. This pipeline is the now a real risk of Enbridge line 5 Canadian chamber a couple of (see the entire webinar on most studied project in also getting cancelled. years ago had a report titled Canada India insight YouTube American history through Michigan governor has asked Death by a 130,000 cuts. there channel or at www.imec.biz or multiple state and federal Enbridge to shut down this 1038 are 130,000 regulations in www.CanadaIndiaUSADevelop reviews, mostly during the kilometer long pipeline Canada that put an enormous mentForum.com )

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aggressively and strategically to Chinese aggression. Discussions are now going on between China and India, to push China to withdraw from the other friction Editorial points along the LAC. It will be in China’s interest to do so, as it has - Vipul Jani offended enough countries with

• Welcome to the first edition of nor is threatening to kill Enbridge Canada India Insight in 2021. Line 5 in May, a pipeline that has Good news is, winter is now done been safely operating since 1955. in 5 weeks and from April, we can If this also goes, it will create cha- Certainly welcome development atleast walk outside, for some os not just in Alberta, but also in in warming up of ties between semblance of normalcy, as the Ontario, Quebec and several US the two nations. Pandemic and resulting states. When US has 2.5 million lockdowns have all of us under a • Back in Canada again, Prime virtual house arrest for almost a it’s bullying tactics and a serious Minister Justin Trudeau called year. While most countries have military confrontation with India up Prime Minister Narendra done much better, including US, at this time will do it no good. Modi earlier this month, Australia and India (where live India must remain vigilant and primarily to request India to give Conferences are back, Cinema on high alert, because China is some vaccines to Canada. As Halls are open and thousands of not exactly known to keep it’s India has generously donated people attend live cricket words and commitments. Many matches in stadiums), Canada is miles of pipelines, enough to are now asking what was the still stuck in lockdowns. The circle the world over 100 times, point, why did China do this in recent extension of lockdowns in how can it justify killing the first place ? Was it in Toronto and Peel will create more Canadian pipelines on flimsy retaliation of India’s moves in losses, closures and bankruptcies grounds ? Oil will now be Jammu and Kashmir (abolition in the days to come. People are transported by Rail and Road, of article 370 and 35-A) or was it indeed getting sick and tired of causing delays, generating more to pre-empt any perceived Indian these lockdowns, it’s high time pollution and creating more risks moves in the future for they are lifted and people given a of accidents, so what purpose do reclaiming land it lost to China in chance to put their broken these pipeline bans serve exactly and since 1962, only time will tell. businesses and lives back on ? and if this continues, who will track. Most people are sensible invest in such major projects • Another positive news coming enough to use masks and avoid costing billions of dollars. Will out of the Indian Subcontinent is unnecessary gatherings. Treat Prime Minister Trudeau speak that India and Saudi Arabia will adults as adults again, before up like he did for Aluminium and soon be conducting the first ever millions of doses to tens of they start throwing tantrums like Steel sectors during the Trump joint army exercises in countries, all over the world. kids. regime ? Highly unlikely, but a Modi assured Trudeau that India team Canada approach will be will send Canada the vaccines. • US President Joe Biden has much more effective, instead of Trudeau Govt should now cancelled Keystone XL Pipeline leaving Alberta on it’s own. understand that India is indeed on his first day in office, making Canada’s friend and he should • China has finally withdrawn refrain from meddling in India’s thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks from the Pangong Lake area in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control. This, after a 10 month-long tense standoff with India, who reacted

internal affairs, creating unnecessary strains at regular intervals. China is not exactly anybody’s friend, US is now Saudi Arabia. This follows a killing your pipelines, destroying a mockery of six reviews done by historic, first ever visit by a thousands of jobs, and if you spoil his own State Dept, mostly when sitting Indian Army Chief’s visit relations with India too, who will he was the VP, killing thousands you do business with ? As simple of Jobs on both sides of the bor- to that country in December last as that. der and now Michigan’s Gover- year. (General MM Naravane)

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Canada India Insight www.imec.biz 4 Consul General’s Roundtable Continued from page #1 geopolitical issues. The 1.6 M. Rangaswamy : In the US, million strong Indo Canadian 10% of the IT workforce is CG Rana Sarkar : I think we Diaspora is about 4 % of Indian. A growing number of are all on the same page. We have Canada’s population. During venture capitalists are of Indian deep connection points, largely Prime Minister Modi’s visit to origin as well. a lot of CIO’s and Canada in 2015, we established a CTOs of these companies are also through people. There is a lot of was a wonderful trip with a strategic partnership, Indian origin. if we can connect work that we can do to deepen re- reception on Parliament Hill, PM underpinned by a strong Canada India and US like this, lations between Canada, Trudeau introduced us to four of economic partnership. Trade & now with the pandemic and India and US. Unlike many trade- his ministers and showed how the Commerce, not counting remote working and all, it can diaspora can be connected. With based or tripartite relationships, services, is $ 10 billion and be a win win win situation for all Rana as Canada’s Consul General these are really the relationships although it’s just like 4 days of three countries. of governments and of people for trade between US and Canada, in San Francisco and Nadir Patel as Canada’s High Commissioner generations now. there are so many other factors Vipul : CG Sarkar, you have in India, it shows the power of the that nourish this relationship. worked extensively on the diaspora in all facets of society. The Indian Diaspora and its Canada India file earlier and now connect accelerated through The Canadian investment in doing the same on Canada US When Obama and Trump went to technology and will grow India has increased file. so in terms of trilateral India, we took a delegation with exponentially in the decades to substantially. In the last 5 years, relations where do you see the them. Just to say how the come. What we often do as it has increased from $ 5 billion synergies and challenges ? Diplomats, tracking trade and (cdn) to $ 55 billion (cdn). trilateral works, we took a tech delegation to Israel when PM Investment statistics, they Brookfield is one of the top CG Rana Sarkar : on the Modi went there in 2017. A year neither appropriately capture the investors in India globally. There Canada India file, we are moving later, when PM Netanyahu depth of the connection, nor the are now 600 Canadian at state to state level and there is visited India, we again took a real importance of a future con- companies present in India and great energy there. the real delegation to India and had nection. In Canada India more than 1000 Canadian Genesis of this file over the next trilateral discussions on the tech relations, a lot of attention is paid companies are actively pursuing decade is going to be through sector between US, India and to the trade numbers and I say interest in the Indian market. energizing those informal Israel. It was an amazing it’s a deceptive number because Many Indian companies are networks that have gathered experience and can be done for it doesn’t really capture the full active in Canada, especially in momentum over the last decade Canada, India and USA. We can depth of the service trade. Pharma, Steel, Healthcare and and a half. we have gone from start with tech and then go to Natural Resources, employing episodic to strategic. By having other sectors. Canada being a destination for close to 20,000 people here. anchors provided by the Indian students, these are very Canadian Uranium from Cameco civil society focuses the agenda Vipul : A lot of tech talent from successful and long term is powering our nuclear plants, in a much more concrete way. we the US has come to Canada in investments. Covid has given us there has been a remarkable need to create structured the last 2-3 years. India is the IT an indication that public health increase in the number of Indian engagements and there is real backbone of the world. So, where and viruses have a resetting students in Canada (230,000) intelligence in making these do you see the Silicon Valley, GTA capacity and also a capacity to being the largest source of things triliteral with tech being and India’s IT talent in the years underline trends that have foreign students for Canada, the driver. already been there. One of them paying about $ 7 billion in tuition to come and how will it impact each country ? being advancement of fees. Our scientists and Vipul : Apoorva ji, Canada India technology. Canada’s greatest researchers are working on asset is our people and our ability several projects together. Air CG Rana Sarkar : Relationship to fashion weapons of mass India and Air Canada are traction – our ability to attract providing direct flights 5 times a the next generation of talent. week now, double the India, of course, is the great pre-pandemic times. exporter of talent, so that relationship will continue to grow The expertise of Canadian and foster. The capacity of the US technology companies in design relations are going through a Companies to participate in this and engineering support services, topsy turvy ride in the last few global movement of technology software development and clean years to put it mildly. people to is going to be an important part tech is of great importance to people ties, education sector and between Canada and the Silicon of the next decade. Canada also India as we build our smart cities. the business community are all Valley is not an either or but a plays a very important role here, India’s growing middle class and very bullish, while the political circulatory relationship. Many of not just because we are the strong start-up ecosystem leadership in Canada seem to be the top start-ups in the bay area neighbours but also because we provides enormous opportunities pushing it into another direction have Indian Origin or Canadian are a very fast growing for Canadian hi-tech companies from time to time. So, in your Origin or Canadian of Indian technology hub, service hub. to scale up their innovations in view, where are we today and Origin. I am really excited about India. I see a tremendous scope where are we headed? for cooperation in A.I., Defence, the next generation of start-ups that are behind companies like Healthcare, Financial CG Apoorva Srivastava : the Shopify. Technology and Life Sciences. indo Canadian diaspora is driving this relationship, the investments CG Apoorva Srivastava : In India’s new Education Policy have gone up, so, I see Canada 2020, during the pandemic, 2020 creates great India partnership in a very India added 1600 to it’s start-up opportunities for Canadian positive space. if we can ecosystem, with 12 of them Universities to set up shop in fructify the CEPA negotiations, reaching Unicorn status in just CG Apoorva Srivastava : This India. India is also the largest that would be wonderful, but yes, one year. We export talent to both is a wonderful initiative. I have source of migrants to Canada. a lot of things can be done more US and Canada and the research never attended a trilateral event positively and we’re working and the kind of Universities that in Canada. For Canada and India, M. 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Continued from page #1 Toronto and Vancouver. the potential third wave are cited by • Jagmohan Humar, a event recognized eminent and the chief medical officers to keep distinguished research • Department for promotion of successful indo extending these lockdowns, often professor in engineering at industry and internal trade, Canadians from referred to as house arrest by the Carleton University has been Ministry of Commerce and different sectors. critics. Industry India organized “ Prarambh : start up India • Ontario has extended strict • India is not only producing International Summit” last COVID-19 vaccines at a break- month. More than 25 countries neck speed, it is also assisting participated in the summit with other countries with it. it has 200 global speakers. already delivered more than 10 million vaccine doses to • Iain Rankin became the new several countries including leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Party on the second ballot at the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, party’s convention earlier this Brazil, Maldives and Morocco. conferred with Order of Canada, month. He will now become the India has also informed the UN one of the highest recognitions in 29th Premier of Nova Scotia on Security Council that it will Canada for outstanding Tuesday February 23rd. supply vaccines to the COVAX contributions at the local or facility of the World Health regional level or in a specific field. • High Commission of India in Organization. important to note Ottawa organized Pravasi lockdowns in Toronto and peel that while India is offering the • China has finally disengaged Bhartiya Divas (PBD) 2021 region until at least March 8. vaccines to COVAX, Canada is and withdrawn it’s tanks and virtually in collaboration with these cities are now facing taking vaccines from it, created troops from the pangong Lake perhaps the strictest and longest largely to support poor and area in eastern ladakh along the lockdowns in North America, underprivileged nations. line of actual control. India and crippling social life and business China have been engaged in 10 activity. several medical experts • The Canada US border will rounds of talks to ease tensions have warned against the illeffects continue to be closed for after China entered the Indian of such lockdowns resulting in nonessential travel. Public safety side of the LAC. India responded mental health issues, drug over- minister of Canada Bill Blair aggressively with a massive doses, depression and several announced last week that the pileup of troops and heavy other social ills. however the 1st border closure has been extended artillery. India is now pushing Consulate General of India in wave, 2nd wave and now the to March 21. it has been one year China to withdraw from the other now since the US Canada border areas along the LAC and return to was closed. it was unthinkable pre April 2020 levels. pre pandemic to even consider such a move but that has now • India and Saudi Arabia will been a reality for a year. while the undertake joint bilateral flights are still on, traffic by road exercises for the first time in is pretty much nonexistent, ex- history. India will send its armed cept for essential goods and ser- forces to Saudi Arabia to vices, causing hundreds of participate in this historic billions of dollars in lost revenue bilateral exercise. This follows on both sides of the border. chief of Indian army General MM Naravane’s visit to the Kingdom • The cabinet of India has Last December, the first visit approved procurement of 83 light by an Indian army chief to that combat fighter aircraft (LCA) country. Tejas MK-1 and Tejas MK-1 A from Hindustan Aeronautics • US President Joe Biden has limited (HAL) at a cost of 45,696 nominated at least 20 Indian crore rupees. The decision will Americans, including 13 women, give a much needed boost to the to key positions in his Make in India initiative and will administration. the current US enhance the fighting capabilities Vice President Kamala Harris is of the Indian Air Force manyfold. the first woman and the first US VP of Indian origin. • Brookfield asset management (Canada) and Blackstone Group • India toy fair 2021 is taking (USA) have crossed $20 billion place virtually from February 27 each in investments in India. to March 2. the first ever Brookfield has invested more digitally accessible exhibition & than $7 billion out of the 20 billion in India’s real estate sector.

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province has two trade and to offer. To all the companies in Punjab Ontario investment offices in India Punjab, look no further than (Mumbai and New Delhi) which Ontario as your ideal destination Virtual Conference can help Indian companies do for Investment. Continued from page #1 the roots between Punjabi business in Ontario and provide diaspora and Canada. information to Ontario About Punjab : (shared in a Punjab offers to the world and it’s businesses about opportunities presentation by Avneet Kaur, complimentarities with Canada has been a land of in India. I also go to India 2-3 Joint CEO, Invest Punjab) Canada. Punjab and Ontario have golden opportunities for most times a year. deep economic, cultural and peo- of us in Punjab. They have act- • Punjab is the food bowl of India ple-to-people ties. Brampton is ed as wonderful ambassadors MPP Deepak Anand : Anytime with 25 % Rice and 35 % Wheat rightly called mini Punjab, a vast of our country and Canada has we need any help for the Punjabi share in Central Grain Pool. majority of the 230,000 given them their rightful place. Community, CG Apoorva ji is • Punjab accounts for 29 % of Indian students studying in Even the 2nd and 3rd genera- always there to help, even on India’s total Tractor production. Canadian Colleges and tion of Punjabis there have not evenings and weekends. We all • Biggest Hosiery-Woolen Universities are from Punjab. lost touch with their motherland. want to go back and give back to manufacturing state in India I believe Education is one of the Punjab but Vipul ji, I must (65 %) Ontario-Punjab relations got a key areas. Punjab Govt has set up commend you for taking the lead, • Leading state in Bicycle (75 %) major boost in 2016 when the 273 smart schools in all the 217 even though you are not from and Bicycle components Premier of Ontario visited educationally backward blocks. Punjab. I was born in Patiala and manufacturing (92 %) Punjab and the two provinces my father had an • With 1.5 % of India’s land area, signed MOUs for cooperation in We have started “ connect with opportunity to work with Capt. contributes 3 % to India’s GDP Urban Infrastructure, ICT, your roots ” programme for NRIs Amarinder Singh’s father. • Accounts for 26 % of India’s Advanced Manufacturing, who want to know more about exports in the Engineering Sector Agriculture and Education their roots and culture. We have We have over 900,000 people of • 89 Engineering Colleges, 209 sectors. It is important now that also started a program called Indian origin here in Ontario. We Polytechnics, 24 Universities and these MOUs are implemented. friends of Punjab to seek the have people from 150 nations, 344 ITIs Ontario has been proactive in participation of NRIs of Punjabi speaking 202 languages. We are • 2 International and 4 Domestic enhancing it’s relationship with origin in the development and excited to hear from Invest Airports India. Punjab is a bread basket of growth of Punjab. The initiative Punjab and we are coming up • 1st in India in number of India and the innovative that Vipul Jani has taken – New with a new organization called internet subscribers / 100 solutions of Ontario based Punjab, Pyara Punjab, is Invest Ontario. population Agritech companies can increase fantastic. Punjabi songs, music production of non-food based and movies receive a great Minister Vic Fedeli : We will About Ontario : (Shared in a cash crops and improve the reception by the Punjabi presentation by John Thomas cropping patterns in Punjab. Diaspora in Canada, giving our from Invest Ontario / Ministry Artists a bigger exposure. of Economic Development, Job As a hub of textile based Creation and Trade) industries, Punjab can be a top MPP Nina Tangri : Just 2 sourcing destination for • 14 million people and over 200 meeting Ontario’s textile and languages spoken apparel demand. Both states • 7th largest subnational have a well established economy in North America by Automotive and Auto GDP Component Ecosystem. New • 39 % of Canada’s population Education Policy also brings come together soon to celebrate and GDP opportunities for establishing the strong relationship between • 46 % of Canada’s goods prominent Universities in India. months ago, we led our first Ontario and Punjab. Today the produced in Ontario virtual trade mission to India, global economy faces many • Free Trade deals with 51 Hon. Preneet Kaur : I went building on our in-person mis- challenges from the Pandemic. countries sion there in 2019. A delegation It is important now, more than • Daily 2-way trade between of 13 Ontario tech companies had ever, to work together for our Ontario and US was over one over 100 meetings with industry citizens and economies to billion Canadian Dollars (2018) leaders, while attending India explore new partnerships and • 30 % of Ontarians have a Mobile Congress, the largest opportunities to increase trade mother tongue other than Digital and Technology Forum and investments that leverage English, with 14.7 % people in South Asia. We were able to our strengths. Events like today’s speaking Hindi, 1.92 % Gujarati, secure packaging and auto parts play an important part in 2.95 % Tamil, 3.82 % Urdu and manufacturing investments reinforcing connections that can 4.94 % Punjabi worth a combined $ 10 million help our economies recover. • Through the Global Talent for Ontario. Stream, employers receive labour to Canada for the first time 15- We have a long history of market impact assessments and 20 years ago for the Komagata In 2019, 2-way trade between working together. This work permits in 10 business days. Maru 100th year and I remember Ontario and India was valued at relationship is expanding, a Dinner in Vancouver and the $ 3.4 billion. Currently, over 60 generating trade and jobs for (A detailed You Tube Video of the then Mayor who was in a wheel- Indian companies operate in both regions. MPP Nina Tangri entire Conference including Q & chair gave his address in Ontario and more than 100 and Deepak Anand will share the A session is available on Canada Punjabi. He said to be a Mayor of Ontario companies have a in-depth look at the relationship India Insight You Tube Channel this town, you have to know presence in India. Ontario’s between Ontario and Punjab, the as well as on both our websites Chinese and Punjabi. 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Canada India Insight www.imec.biz 8 Role of Indian Origin Political Leaders in Canada-India Relations Continued from page #1 MP Bob Saroya : when we came Being in a legislature comes with relationship between India and yers, doctors, to Canada, people did not know responsibilities, so we should Canada and enjoy the benefits of business owners and more. much about turbans etc. the work with honesty and peace and progress. Do not look immigrant community has done integrity. I was born in India, at the noise, look at the positivity Ex-MP Devinder Shory : I very well, working from bottom spent 16 years in Mumbai, by and opportunities, that is exactly was on the international trade to the top. I was paid $2.00 an domicile I am a Maharashtrian, what Vipul Jani is doing. hour and I’m now very proud of born South Indian, by profession the Indian diaspora for what they I am a gujarati, half my family MPP Nina Tangri : I enjoy have achieved. have Bengali names and most of going back to India at least once people from Bihar and UP think Devinder Shory : I never faced Prasad is my last name. so I know any Hindu Sikh issues back the true Bharat. India has a huge home. Back in 91-92, my father human capital, while Canada has also had eggs thrown at him but huge natural resources. we can as Vipul ji said, we have to move bridge that gap. India has always committee for six years and forward and look ahead. we also stepped up when the world is in visited India numerous times. if have to call a Spade a Spade and crisis, whether it was during Y2K we can positively promote cannot ignore that part of our crisis in 2000 or now during this relationship between Canada and community who damage any pandemic. every year. I have been to India India, it is a tremendous effort to promote relations on trade mission with Minister opportunity. it will be a win win between India and Canada. As elected officials, let us not at Vic Fedeli and visited several situation. the problem is canada’s least harm or hurt the cities and built several relation- reputation. India is a very strong Vipul : India is made up of 29 relationship. we are ships. we don’t agree on every- and sensitive country. we need states and Canada has got 10. so disproportionately representing thing and we never will and that them more than they need us. Canadians in legislatures and is OK. we can agree to disagree, That is the reality. There are will lose that privilege if we don’t however, what has been happen- certain issues that hurt this work in (a responsible way) in my ing of late is very concerning. I relationship. Everybody knows caucus, we have five people with am far from qualified to com- Khalistan is a major issue. There Indian connections and two in ment on who is right and who is is a small population which give opposition. so out of 87, 7 have wrong or to make a comment on out a very bad impression about people need to remember that ties to India and 20 odd MPs in it. I don’t want to see our Prime Canada and they become a rather than focusing on one Canadian parliament. So, it is our Minister and the Indian Prime hurdle in developing this particular issue or one particular responsibility to Unite people not Minister disagree significantly on relationship. we have to state. divide them. things because it hurts the brainstorm how to isolate that relationship as a whole. I was small portion. A vast majority MPP Amarjot Sandhu : we Azad Kaushik : we talk about listening to captain Amarinder of Indo Canadians would love consider ourselves very lucky divisions in India but we are Singh a few days ago and he was to have a positive relationship. I creating divisions here within saying that because of what is have met Mr Modi 11 to 12 times Canada. Our politicians are using happening with the one to one. Tamil Canadians, Bengali farmers protest, people are not Canadians, Gujarati Canadians willing to invest in Punjab and it MPP Amarjot Sandhu : India etc. a divisive politics is being is hurting them. We work to build is canada’s ninth largest export played in our system. it doesn’t Ontario India relations and do market and 10th largest help Canada or the Canada not want it to go astray because of trading partner. India is the India relations. also, not a single what we see in the media today. second largest source of Indo Canadian leader federally international students in that we came here in 2008. or provincially condemn the hate MPP Deepak Anand : it is the Canada and one of the largest people who came here in 70s and crimes happening in Canada survival of the fittest. If people source of immigrants. I also came 80s had to struggle a lot, face lately or condemn the violence at from Brampton and here as an international student racism. with so many MPs and red Fort like they did on Capitol Mississauga (Ontario) have an 10 years ago and honoured to be MPPs, people now know who Hill. objection working with India, the first international student to Indo Canadians are. Saskatchewan will go ahead and ever have been elected to the MPP Deepak Anand : we need do business with India. they’re Ontario legislature. Ontario has Minister Prasad Panda : the to understand as elected officials already doing a wonderful job led 2 trade missions to India in community has been shining even of it. India is not relying only on the last two years with Brampton and Mississauga, not Minister and even Ontario. It will be a lost Minister Vic Fedeli. opportunity for us if we can’t Shuvaloy Majumdar : what seize it. Minister Panda will build has changed in the last 10-15 that relationship and get benefits from it (for Alberta)

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