Punjab officials to attend conference in Canada
Chandigarh: Punjab will send a high-power delegation to represent the state at the India Calling Conference in Canada from June 14 to 19. The conference is being organised at Vancouver and Toronto.
The delegation, to be led by a cabinet minister, will comprise members from the world of trade, commerce, industry, agriculture, education, literature, health care, infrastructure development, NRI welfare and information technology.
The decision was taken after the Canadian high commissioner in India, David Malone, called on state Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here this morning.
Media adviser to the state Chief Minister Harcharan Bains said although this year’s conference would focus on education, ICT, alternative sources of energy and life sciences, Punjab, would use this opportunity both to showcase the advances made by the state in various spheres of development as well as to step up the state government’s bonding with the Punjabi Diaspora in Canada.
Bains said the Canadian soil was ideal for hosting the conference, as the organisers felt that Canada and India have a lot of common interests.
The Chief Minister said that since both Canada and Punjab are strong and growing economies, the two can work together for integrated development, especially as they share a large number of strengths and weaknesses.
Badal also asked the high commissioner to set up some mechanism in his country to facilitate tie-ups among educational institutions here and reputed places of learning in Canada like the University of Saskatchewan and the premier educational institutions of British Columbia and Ontario to impart quality education to our youth.
