{"id":862314,"date":"2025-07-13T23:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/liberal-mps-voice-concerns-to-carney-over-g7-invite-to-indias-prime-minister-narendra-modi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T23:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:12:54","slug":"liberal-mps-voice-concerns-to-carney-over-g7-invite-to-indias-prime-minister-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/liberal-mps-voice-concerns-to-carney-over-g7-invite-to-indias-prime-minister-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal MPs voice concerns to Carney over G7 invite to India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>He also said when he spoke to Modi by phone, they agreed to continue <span>\u201claw enforcement to law enforcement dialogue\u201d and noted that \u201csome progress\u201d had been made on issues of \u201caccountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi told reporters that having India at the G7 provides an opportunity for direct talks with Canada. He also said he believes Canadian authorities can continue to probe criminal allegations against India, while the government still engages in diplomacy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no excuse for the very serious allegations around extrajudicial claim. But that means that we need to engage India in those conversations, make sure that they do cooperate in the investigations that (are) taking place, and that only happens if there is a relationship, if there is engagement between our government and theirs,\u201d he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an opportunity for the prime minister to speak directly with the Indian prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Sikh groups have denounced Modi\u2019s invitation and planned to meet with MPs later on Wednesday to press them to speak up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a coalition of Sikh Canadian organizations wrote to MPs from the Liberals and Conservatives whose ridings have sizeable Sikh populations, asking them to reject the invitation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to X on Monday, Randeep Sarai, who serves as the secretary of state for international development, responded to some of those concerns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a proud Sikh Canadian and Member of Parliament, I hear the concerns many of you are expressing regarding India\u2019s participation at the G7.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear: the safety and security of Canadians is, and always will be, our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu told reporters on Wednesday he has heard \u201cconcerns about invitations to leaders,\u201d but defended the need to bring together different leaders to sort through economic issues, given the uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s global tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be able to collaborate and, of course, work out some issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould said she understands why, in a time of economic uncertainty and the need to diversify trade, it was important to have both India and Saudi Arabia around the table.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that being said, as Canada, you know, we also have certain values that are important to us, when it comes to human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>National Post<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"nationalpost.com\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/\">nationalpost.com<\/a> and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"here\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/newsletters\/\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/newsletters\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/liberal-mp-voice-concerns-to-carney-over-g7-invite-to-indias-prime-minister-narendra-modi\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article content He also said when he spoke to Modi by phone, they agreed to continue \u201claw enforcement to law enforcement dialogue\u201d and noted that \u201csome progress\u201d had been made on issues of \u201caccountability.\u201d Article content Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi told reporters that having India at the G7 provides an opportunity for direct talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31252,950],"tags":[6747,7742],"class_list":{"0":"post-862314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liberal","8":"category-voice","9":"tag-liberal","10":"tag-voice"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}