Canadian PM Mark Carney’s early‑March India visit will deliver uranium, energy, AI and mineral deals, launch CEPA talks and reset strained diplomatic ties.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is slated to arrive in New Delhi in the first week of March, registering the first high‑level Canadian visit to India in over a decade. India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, told Reuters that the trip will be a decisive step in Canada’s push to broaden its trade and strategic footprint beyond the United States, and will feature a packed agenda of energy, mineral, nuclear and technology deals. The visit comes as both India and Canada race to forge new partnerships amid mounting global trade uncertainty and fresh warnings from US President Donald Trump about steep tariffs on Canada if it signs deals with China.
Dinesh Patnaik confirmed that Carney will ink a suite of agreements covering uranium supply, oil and gas, critical minerals, artificial intelligence and quantum computing, alongside programmes in education and culture. A centrepiece is a 10‑year uranium supply contract valued at roughly C$2.8 billion, which would cement Canada’s role as a key nuclear fuel provider to India. “We know that India is a major nuclear country and it has major plans to grow its civilian use of nuclear energy,” Canada’s Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said while in India, adding that any nuclear cooperation would respect international safeguards.
Further, beyond commerce, the trip signals a diplomatic reset after relations soured under former PM Justin Trudeau, who accused India of involvement in the 2023 killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, allegations India has strongly denied.
As per reports, formal negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) are set to begin in March, with Patnaik noting that a deal could be finalised within a year. He also revealed that India’s National Security Advisor will travel to Ottawa next month for intelligence‑sharing, while Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are expected to visit Canada shortly.
