Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and discussed bilateral ties, their first meeting after the latter swept to power last year. Modi and Trudeau met here on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.
- Last year, Prime Minister Modi had visited Canada when he held extensive talks with the then Canadian Premier Stephen Harper.
- Canada had agreed to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium to energy-hungry India under a $254 million five-year deal to power Indian reactors.
- The agreement for uranium supply, which came two years after protracted negotiations following the 2013 civil nuclear deal between India and Canada, was signed after comprehensive talks Modi had with Harper in April last year.
- 44-year-old Trudeau carries one of the most famous names in Canadian political history.
- His late father was prime minister for the better part of 16 years, between 1968 and 1984.
- Trudeau assumed office in November last year and surprised one and all by including four Sikh-Canadians in his Cabinet.
Did You Know?
- Canada is home to the longest street in the world. Yonge Street in Ontario starts at Lake Ontario, and runs north through Ontario to the Minnesota border, a distance of almost 2000 kilometres.
- Canada has twice been invaded by the USA, first in 1775 and then 1812.
- Canada has the largest coastline in the world.
- The U.S. / Canada Border is the longest international border in the world and it lacks military defense.
- Canada has the third largest oil reserves of any country in the world after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
