Canadian Foreign Min Anita Anand makes statement in House on 1 Canadian death aboard AI 787-8 flight - The Economic Times Video
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand condoled the demise of the Canadian, as well as 240 other passengers who died in a plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12. The Conservatives in Canadian parliament also cornered Liberals and PM Mark Carney over contracts to GC Strategies, which is in RCMP investigation over the ArriveCan controversy during COVID-19. The parliament also debated over invites to India and Saudi Arabia to G7 in Canada.
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