Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta later this month, an invitation Modi accepted despite strained ties between the countries.

Just days after Modi confirmed he would attend the summit following an invitation from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Poilievre stressed the strategic and economic need to engage with India.

India's association with the G7 group of industrialized democracies underlines its strategic importance for the United States and its allies at a time of growing geopolitical pola