Canada

Canada could see a sharp rise in undocumented immigrants as millions of work permits expire, with nearly half of those affected from India. Immigration consultant Kanwar Seirah warned.

Canada has enacted new citizenship rules under Bill C-3, easing citizenship by descent for families abroad. Here’s what the changes mean for Indians and others with Canadian roots.

The new legislation, which had received royal assent earlier in November this year, had proposed modernizing laws related to citizenship by descent to be ‘reflective of how Canadian families live today, both in and outside Canada’.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced swift action on a trade deal with India after strained relations. Following the G20 meeting in South Africa over the past weekend, both nations aim to double bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030.

Both governments aim to fast-track a high-ambition Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and double bilateral trade by 2030.

India is accelerating a rare-earths shakeup — forging new mineral deals, expanding Latin America, Canada and Venezuela ties, boosting domestic mining, and building a strategic reserve to cut dependence on China. Here’s how Delhi is re-wiring its critical-minerals supply chain for the next decade.

This week the two countries held their first senior-level economic talks since political tensions disrupted bilateral engagement last year, the commerce ministry said on Friday.