Great potential for boosting Indo-Canadian trade: Dosanjh

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Last Updated : Sep 19 2016 | 7:22 PM IST
There is great potential for boosting trade between India and Canada, but it is yet to get the needed push, former British Columbia (BC) Premier Ujjal Dosanjh said today.
Maintaining trade could grow between India and Canada, he said the relationship between the countries were quite cordial.
Dosanjh was here to release his autobiography 'Journey After Midnight'.
"Corruption is the key hindrance to India becoming a developed nation," he said, strongly advocating the need of a "value revolution" in the country to tackle the menace of corruption.
He said, "Corruption is an ethical rot, which has spoilt the entire political system, not only in Punjab but in the entire nation."
A value revolution will build values among citizens and automatically turn treatment for all sins of society, he added.
Elaborating, Dosanjh said social activist Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption (IAC) movement was an opportunity for such a revolution.
"The opportunity was missed and IAC fizzled out as Hazare's vision was limited to bringing a Jan Lok Bill", he said.
On prospects of AAP, which reportedly had wide support of Punjabi NRIs, he said, AAP had generated hope, unfortunately now NRIs are disappointed, especially with political happenings in the last two months.
"No doubt Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is a honest person, but the hope which he gave to NRIs has fizzled out and now people have realised that the politics of AAP is no different from other existing political parties", Dosanjh said.

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First Published: Sep 19 2016 | 7:22 PM IST

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