After a whirlwind three-day tour that kicked off in Mumbai last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney was scheduled to wrap up the first leg of his tri-continental tour in New Delhi, where he was booked in for a high-stakes tête-à-tête with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi.

As per the agenda provided by Carney’s office, the two leaders were set to take questions from media before heading to a closed-door “official luncheon,” and, later, a second joint appearance at the India-Canada CEO Forum.

Those meetings, however, “ran long, leading to the cancellation of lunch meeting with additional staff, and for a joint announcement to be delayed,” Canadian Press reports.

“The agreements announced by Carney and Modi Monday include a $2.6 billion agreement in which Saskatoon-based Cameco would supply just under 22 million pounds of uranium to India for nuclear energy generation, and two memorandums of understanding that cover topics including critical minerals and energy sources. The government says the visit also led to 10 commercial agreements worth over $5.5 billion.”

For his part, Carney was expected to make himself available to the travelling media before boarding a 12-hour flight to Sydney, Australia.

As Canadian Press notes, the trip “has become somewhat overshadowed by the attacks on Iran” that began over the weekend.

“Carney said Saturday that while he supports the U.S. action in Iran, Canada will not get directly involved in the conflict,” the wire service notes.

“Carney made the comments before it was confirmed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in American and Israeli military attacks on the Middle Eastern country. Neither Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand have commented yet on Khamenei’s death.”

The latest geopolitical developments also “left government representatives in India scrambling for communications devices,” CP reports.

“Politicians, government staff and many members of the media travelling with the prime minister are using temporary burner devices while in the country for security reasons, and had left their regular laptops and phones in special bags that block signals on the government plane after landing in Mumbai earlier in the week.

But after journalists got on the plane to fly to New Delhi Sunday, some noticed their bags and devices had been moved.

Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Audrey Champoux said in a statement that given the events in the Middle East, ‘certain government telecommunications devices were moved by Canadian security officials from where they were being stored in case of being needed on an emergency basis.’ The statement did not specify what those communications devices were.”

Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre begins what Canadian Press notes will be his “first official international trip as opposition leader” in London, where he’ll meet with unnamed “Members of Parliament and the business community,” and attend a reception hosted by CANZUK International, which describes itself as “the world’s leading advocacy organization promoting facilitated migration, free trade and foreign policy coordination between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.”

Back in Canada, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson makes the rounds at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual trade show and industry meet-up in Toronto, where, according to his office, he’ll “deliver keynote remarks” (11 a.m.), team up with fellow GTA-area front bencher Evan Solomon to share the details of new support for “digital core scanning” (12:20 p.m.) and join New Brunswick premier Susan Holt for an afternoon announcement on “mineral resource development” in the province (3:15 p.m.).

Elsewhere on the ministerial circuit:

• Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski heads to Medicine Hat, Alta., to highlight a fresh tranche of federal support for what the advisory describes as the “commercialization of innovative products that utilize artificial intelligence,” during a visit to the local headquarters of Landing Zones Canada Ltd., which “specializes in the design, development, production, and employment of advanced uncrewed aerial systems for both the civil and defence sectors,” with Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark also expected to make an appearance. (9:30 a.m. MT)
• Moving still further west, Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson makes an afternoon trip to Castlegar, B.C. to promote new “investments” that, according to the advisory, will “help key sectors and businesses across B.C.’s Southern Interior pivot their operations to increase productivity, create jobs and find new pathways to growth in the face of tariff and trade challenges.” (2:15 p.m. PT)

ON AND AROUND THE HILL

The National Security Centre of Excellence pour la sécurité nationale (NSCOESN) brings together “senior Canadian defence, intelligence, and public safety officials, alongside experts from academia, industry, and international partners” at its two-day “flagship event,” Maple Shield 2026, which, as per the advisory, bills itself as “Canada’s premier national security conference,” which is set to get underway in Ottawa today. (8:30 a.m.)

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Regular parliamentary business will resume on Mar. 9, 2026.

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