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It turns out that Canada, like every other Nation, is doing what it must to protect and advance its interests. Pragmatically. And seeing the world as it is, rather than as we wish it was.
Speaking of which... ka ching....
Energy-hungry India tells Carney 'we are willing to buy whatever Canada is offering'
India needs oil, natural gas and uranium — and fast, high commissioner says on eve of PM's visit
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 summit in South Africa in November, after inviting him to the G7 in Alberta last spring. The two will now meet on Indian soil. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
India wants to buy any energy product it can from Canada and its officials are urging the federal government to streamline approvals for various projects so it can tap into new supplies to feed a rapidly growing country with relatively few natural resources of its own.
That's the message India's high commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, relayed in an interview with CBC News before Prime Minister Mark Carney left for a five-day visit to the country. It's a trip that will be laser-focused on cutting new business deals and getting negotiations for a free trade agreement underway as part of a push to diversify from the American market.
"On energy, there is an appetite which even Canada cannot fulfill and we are willing to buy whatever Canada is offering on crude, on LPG, on LNG," Patnaik said, referring to oil and gas products.
