Time for reset in Canada ties

Ottawa, Liberal Party, and the world have changed. India can do business with PM-elect Mark Carney

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Till late last year, Canada's Liberal Party led by Mark Carney appeared set for one of its worst electoral defeats, before the political landscape shifted dramatically because of US President Donald Trump's trade war and threat to annex the country. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, earlier expected to deny the Liberals a fourth consecutive mandate, has realised the folly of building his campaign exclusively around criticism of former prime minister (PM) Justin Trudeau and his initial reluctance to speak out against Trump. The Liberals are tantalisingly close to the half-way mark in the House of Commons and Carney, a former banker who had never run for or held an elected office, deserves much of the credit.