Piyush Goyal's Canada Visit for CEPA

Union Minister Piyush Goyal>>> visited Canada>>> from May 25-27 for an official three-day visit. During his visit, he paid tribute at the Kanishka Memorial in Toronto to the victims of the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing, an act of terrorism by the Canada>>>-based Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa>>>. He met with victims' families and emphasized the cooperation between India>>> and Canada>>> to prevent future tragedies. A primary focus of his visit was to aggressively push ahead with negotiations for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), aimed at rejuvenating economic relations between the two nations. Piyush Goyal>>> met with several Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney>>>, Foreign Minister Anita Anand>>>, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald>>>, and Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu>>>. He also engaged with prominent Canadian industry leaders to discuss investment avenues and expand bilateral economic partnerships, with high-level interactions focusing on collaborations in financial services, infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, and critical minerals processing.