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Ottawa and Delhi Talk Money Again
India's finance minister is spending four days in Toronto as Canada and India try to bring money back as the focus of their relationship. Nirmala Sitharaman landed on Tuesday for meetings about trade, investment, and financial cooperation.
She told an Indian business reception for (primarily) members of the Indian diaspora that the relationship has changed after a June 2025 G7 meeting between PM Mark Carney and Indian PM Narendra Modi. IndiaPost wrote that the reset includes CEPA trade talks, a C$2.6 billion uranium agreement with Cameco and a plan to more than double two-way trade (to C$70 billion) by 2030.
Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne also met Sitharaman in Toronto on Thursday. That meeting puts the thaw front and center for the crowd that feels the most pressure from Canada-India relations - the families, students, founders, pension funds, banks and frequent flyers that all end up dealing with reality after the speeches end.
Read more: IndiaPost / Canada's National Observer
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Palestinian Safe Haven Gets More Time
Canada has extended open work permit measures for eligible Palestinians and some family members of Canadians who left Palestine after October 7, 2023. IRCC published the new temporary public policy on August 24, and it applies to applications received on or after August 1.
The policy is for people already in Canada who have valid temporary resident status and work permits that were issued under earlier safe-haven measures. They have to be Palestinian nationals with Palestinian Authority travel documents, or family members of Canadian citizens or permanent residents who left Palestine after October 7, 2023.
Each qualifying person can get one open work permit extension. The policy will run until December 30, 2027, though IRCC can revoke temporary public policies without advance notice.
For Canadians who have family caught between war, paperwork and expiry dates, this is the kind of administrative minutiae that can decide whether someone keeps working legally; so even though in some ways it’s a small deal, it can have big consequences.
Read more: CIC News