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Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall can repair relations with India, say premiers
Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall can repair relations with India, say premiers

National Post

time2 days ago

  • Business
  • National Post

Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall can repair relations with India, say premiers

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe agree that Moe's predecessor Brad Wall is the right man to repair Canada-India relations, amidst news that Canada will soon be sending a new high commissioner to New Delhi. Article content 'I'd be supportive of that,' said Smith when asked on Wednesday about the prospect of Wall becoming Canada's next high commissioner to India. Article content Article content 'I think that Saskatchewan has done incredibly impressive work on expanding its footprint internationally through its trade offices, in particular India,' she added. Article content Moe was quick to echo Smith's sentiments, hinting that Wall could possibly aim even higher than being Canada's envoy to the emerging Asian superpower. Article content 'I would also be a proponent for (Wall) to be not only high commissioner to India but essentially the face and the voice for many of Canada's foreign relations,' said Moe. Article content 'We'll see what his answer is to that,' Moe joked. The two Prairie premiers were speaking at a joint press conference in Lloydminister, Sask., after a joint caucus meeting. Article content Moe praised Wall for building inroads to India and other emerging markets during his tenure as Saskatchewan's premier, between 2007 and 2018. Article content 'Why I would be a proponent of (Wall's) to be high commissioner to India is because of the effort and focus that he provided … to those province to nation relations, and province to industry relations in not just India but in many countries around the world,' said Moe. Article content Moe also commended Prime Minister Mark Carney for taking steps to mend Canada's strained bilateral relationship with India. Article content Wall became the province's first premier to visit India in 2011 and led a second trade mission in 2014. Article content Saskatchewan's exports to India were valued at $1.3 billion in 2023, a 52 per cent jump from the midpoint of Wall's tenure in 2013. Article content The province now produces more than a quarter of Canada's total exports to India, while being home to just three per cent of the country's population. Article content It is the top supplier globally of lentils and potash to India. Article content Carney and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly announced at this week's G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., that they'd be designating new high commissioners for the first time since 2023, when the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar caused a rupture in bilateral relations.

UN Says 4 Million People Have Fled Sudan's Civil War Since 2023
UN Says 4 Million People Have Fled Sudan's Civil War Since 2023

Bloomberg

time03-06-2025

  • General
  • Bloomberg

UN Says 4 Million People Have Fled Sudan's Civil War Since 2023

Four million people have fled Sudan since civil war broke out in 2023, the UN refugee agency said, warning that the influx of refugees was straining neighboring countries and posed a risk to regional and global security. The emergency response to the crisis remains 'dangerously underfunded,' the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement Tuesday. It said only 14% of needs are being met and tens of thousands of people are left exposed to extreme weather and insecurity.

Hamish Cooper named as new ambassador to London to replace Phil Goff
Hamish Cooper named as new ambassador to London to replace Phil Goff

RNZ News

time29-05-2025

  • Business
  • RNZ News

Hamish Cooper named as new ambassador to London to replace Phil Goff

Photo: Getty Images / Hannah Peters A former New Zealand Ambassador to Japan, Russia, and Turkey has been appointed the new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Hamish Cooper, whose diplomatic career at the Ministry of foreign affairs and trade spans 40 years, will take up the role in September. The vacancy came up in the highly sought after London post after Foreign Minister Winston Peters sacked former Labour MP and minister Phil Goff from the position in March. Peters said it "untenable" for Goff to remain in the job after his candid criticism of US President Donald Trump at an event in London. Video from the event shows Goff [ speaking at a Chatham House event] with Finland's foreign minister, and during a Q&A the two were discussing how Finland kept the peace in its border with Russia. "I was re-reading Churchill's speech to the House of Commons in 1938 after the Munich Agreement, and he turned to Chamberlain, he said, 'You had the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, yet you will have war'," Goff said. "President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?" Peters told reporters at Parliament at the time that the decision to sack Goff was one of the most difficult things he has had to do. Goff, a former Leader of the Labour Party and former Mayor of Auckland, had been in the role since January 2023. In a statement on Friday Peters said Cooper was one of New Zealand's most "senior and experienced diplomats and is eminently well-qualified to take on this significant role".

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