That said, Chrétien’s 1996 visit seemed to have returned a glimpse of hope that was once seen when Canada and India first established diplomatic relations in 1947, based on a shared British Commonwealth experience, among other aspects. “Canada is back in India and we are here to stay,” was something Chrétien said often during his visit, for which he brought along eight premiers out of the 10 Canadian provinces and over 300 Canadian business leaders. Then came the international backlash over India’s first nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974 which then Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau (father of the current PM...