Juno News - Indian official says Canada needs 60M more people as Carney visits New Delhi

00:00:00.000 Just when you thought immigration was bad in Canada, get a load of this.

00:00:04.080 An Indian official stated that Canada's population needs to grow by 150%,

00:00:10.020 insisting that India fills the gap by providing 60 million new immigrants.

00:00:16.480 And Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to build on the already massive intake of Indian international students in Canada.

00:00:23.540 During a recent speech, Carney praised Canada's massive Indian community,

00:00:27.600 noting that nearly 2 million Canadians can trace their roots back to India.

00:00:32.280 Nearly 2 million Canadians trace their roots to India,

00:00:35.620 including leaders in business, science, culture, and government.

00:00:41.200 He also announced the new Canada-India Talent and Innovation Strategy,

00:00:46.000 calling the two countries one family.

00:00:48.400 Take a look.

00:00:49.240 400,000 talented Indians study in Canada.

00:00:54.860 That is twice the number in the United States. It is four times the number in the United Kingdom.

00:01:01.160 These students, these connections, deepen our ties.

00:01:05.400 And so we're collaborating to build on those strengths.

00:01:08.280 We've launched the new Canada-India Talent and Innovation Strategy

00:01:11.860 with 13 new partnerships to deepen our ties in education.

00:01:16.820 And this includes collaborations involving McGill, the University of Toronto,

00:01:20.720 University of British Columbia to work across artificial intelligence, health sciences, and

00:01:28.220 digital architecture. Juno News reported on this very important story. If you'd like to read the

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Juno News - March 03, 2026