Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Gurgaon, outskirts of New Delhi, India on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Canada and India are like the star-crossed lovers of a Bollywood movie, says Stephen Harper — meant to be together, but forced to surmount a series of obstacles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
November 06, 2012 - 11:44 PM
GURGAON, India - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is comparing Canada and India to the star-crossed lovers in a Bollywood movie.
In as speech to the World Economic Forum in Guragon, near New Delhi, today Harper says that like the characters in those flicks, the two countries are meant for each other but first need to surmount a series of obstacles.
He doesn't explain what those difficulties might be, but instead describes all the reasons the two economies are made for each other.
India, for example, could use the kind of natural resources that Canada has in spades to help fuel its rapid economic development.
And Canada needs to branch out beyond its traditional trading partners if it wants to keep its own economy growing.
Harper is also telling the high-profile business crowd about his government's "five-t" approach to help the Canadian economy: low taxes, training, technology, the transformation of the bureaucracy to cut red tape, and promoting more trade.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2012