April election results have given PM Mark Carney space to rebuild ties with India & influence of Sikh separatist groups has been curbed, for now. Modi to travel to Canada for G7.
The election, which centred largely on Trump’s tariffs & threats of making Canada 51st state of the US, saw the NDP crash to 4th place. Jagmeet Singh also lost his own seat.
Capping off a contentious week, Trudeau, who lost his most powerful cabinet minister & faces Trump's tariff threats, lost his governing majority Friday after NDP withdrew support.
In episode 1575, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how Chrystia Freeland's resignation, Trump factor & Jagmeet Singh’s political maneuvering have implications for Trudeau’s leadership.
New Democratic Party led by Indo-Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh had withdrawn its support for Trudeau govt in September, saying PM was too weak to fight for Canadians.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party didn’t win a majority in Canada, while Jagmeet Singh is being dubbed the ‘kingmaker’, despite his NDP winning just 24 seats.
The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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