Ng Won’t Confirm Status of ‘Team Canada’ Mission to India Amid Strained Relations

Ng Won’t Confirm Status of ‘Team Canada’ Mission to India Amid Strained Relations
Minister of International Trade Mary Ng speaks to reporters during the Liberal Cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, on Aug. 22, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese
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Trade Minister Mary Ng has spent the past four months talking up a major visit to India designed to boost Canadian exports to the world’s most populous country.

But now she is not saying whether the trip is going ahead, raising questions about a halted trade deal amid frosty relations between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his counterpart in New Delhi.