New Delhi, June 22 -- Canada is aggressively pivoting toward a deepened strategic and industrial defence partnership with India, anchored by a historic surge in Canadian military expenditure and a renewed era of bilateral stability.

Speaking to ANI, Canadian High Commissioner to India Chris Cooter outlined a vision where Canada's rapidly expanding defence budget, set to climb toward 5% of GDP, will create unprecedented opportunities for collaborative ventures with the Indian defence and aerospace sectors.

"Actually, it's a very small relationship. We do have some companies here that are in the aerospace area and some more in defence, some more in the aerospace part. But it's really quite small. The defence industry in Canada is quite la...