Canada Joins India-Hosted Parliamentary Summit Amid Tensions

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, during a news conference on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) Leaders Summit in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Ties between the nations fell to their lowest point in decades after Trudeau linked Indian agents to the assassination of a prominent Sikh leader in Canada. — Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, during a news conference on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) Leaders Summit in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Ties between the nations fell to their lowest point in decades after Trudeau linked Indian agents to the assassination of a prominent Sikh leader in Canada.
Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

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By Bibhudatta Pradhan

October 6, 2023 at 11:02 AM UTC

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Canada will join an India-hosted parliamentary speakers’ summit of Group of 20 nations, signaling both countries are keen to cooperate in legislative affairs despite tensions over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.

Raymonde Gagné, speaker of the Senate of Canada, has agreed to participate in the two-day summit to be held in New Delhi starting Oct. 13, said Om Birla, speaker of the lower house of India’s parliament. The summit aims to forge parliamentary cooperation among G-20 nations.