Yukon's premier says meetings in India aimed at attracting more workers to the territory went very well, but the path forward is murky after Canada's prime minister suggested India could be connected to the killing of a B.C. activist.
Ranj Pillai said he was preparing for a last day of meetings in India, as part of a weeklong trade mission to Asia, when Justin Trudeau announced Monday that there were"credible" allegations of a potential link between India's government and the killing of Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.
“They were all very positive. You know, they were concerned about the comments that were coming out of Ottawa, but at the same time they were really focused on business-to-business opportunities,” Pillai said. Pillai said the India portion of the trip included talks around bringing more doctors and nurses to the territory and possible agreements related to training opportunities.“I think that we're all trying to understand what the path forward is going to look like,” he said.
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