Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming major infrastructure sites after himself and defended his stance on control of a US-Canada bridge project.Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about reports that Trump had suggested renaming Penn Station in New York and Dulles Airport near Washington.“To your first question about the renaming, why not?” Leavitt said. “It was something the president floated in his conversation …
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Khalistan issue has always remained an irritant between India and Canada. Ties soured between the two countries when Justin Trudeau was the prime minister of Canada and he has been accused of being an open Khalistan backer. Trudeau even made reckless allegations against India following the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Post Trudeau’s ouster, ties were reset and both nations agreed to work on the Khalistan issue.A recent development which has t…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday said that he had a fruitful conversation with his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand. Both leaders discussed further strengthening the bilateral ties in various sectors.In a post on X, EAM Jaishankar posted, “A fruitful conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand this morning. Discussed the deepening of our bilateral cooperation and continued high-level exchanges.”India and Canada are deepening engagement…
Ottawa, Jan 25 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday called for “buy Canadian” and “build Canadian” in response to a new tariff threat from US President Donald Trump.Carney published a pre-taped video on his personal social media account about buying and building Canadian to combat economic threats from other countries, Xinhua news agency reported.”With our economy under threat from abroad. Canadians have made a choice: to focus on what we can control,” Carney said at the beginn…
Ottawa, Jan 23 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Canada relies on the United States for its existence.Speaking in Quebec City, Carney emphasised Ottawa’s sovereignty and addressed Trump’s comments after returning from Switzerland without meeting with the US president, Xinhua news agency reported.On Wednesday, Trump said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that “Canada lives because of the United States.””Canada and the United States have …
Ottawa/New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos outlined a way for Canada to navigate the impasse with India, over unsubstantiated allegations — a path defined not by capitulation or rhetorical hardening, but by procedural discipline, a report said on Thursday. It added that in Davos, Carney repeatedly stated the central idea that legitimacy flows from truth, and truth arises from robust institutions.“Canadian Prime Min…
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) In reactions to US President Donald Trump’s move to acquire Greenland and his renewed interest in annexing Canada, leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos have called for unity among the middle powers to resist pressures from the great powers.French President Emmanuel Macron said the answer to the “instability and imbalances” facing the world is to build “bridges and more cooperation with the emerging countries, the BRICs and the G20, because the fragmentatio…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent trade agreement with China was ill‑timed given unresolved security and diplomatic disputes, a report has said.The report from Canadian media house National Post said Canada should have delayed deeper trade ties until lingering confrontations such as imprisonment of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig to avenge the 2018 detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver and the subsequent and many such issues f…
Ottawa, Jan 20 (IANS) North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said its aircraft will soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to support a series of “long-planned NORAD activities.”The aircraft will join other assets operating from bases in the continental United States and Canada, said NORAD on X, adding that the activities build on “the enduring defense cooperation” between the United States and Canada, as well as the Kingdom of Denmark, Xinhua news agency reported.NORAD said t…
Ottawa, Jan 17 (IANS) Facing uncertainties in relations with the US, Canada is entering into a strategic partnership with China right in President Donald Trump’s front yard.Announcing the partnership in Beijing on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping said they were “renewing the relationship between Canada and China in the face of a changing global economy and international security challenges”.The partnership, they said in a joint statement, would include “public …