Indo-Canadian relations , are the longstanding bilateral relations between India and Canada , which are built upon a " mutual commitment to democracy " , " pluralism " , and " people-to-people links " , according to the government of Canada . In 2004 , bilateral trade between India and Canada was at about C$ 2.45 billion . However , the botched handling of the Air India investigation and the case in general suffered a setback to Indo-Canadian relations . India 's Smiling Buddha nuclear test led to connections between the two countries being frozen , with allegations that India broke the terms of the Colombo Plan . Although Jean Chrétien and Roméo LeBlanc both visited India in the late 1990s , relations were again halted after the Pokhran-II tests
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