Toronto, Oct. 17 -- Prime Minister Mark Carney cited stronger ties with India as he reached out to the Indo-Canadian community in Alberta ahead of a separation referendum on Monday. He said the two sides were discussing a trade deal in an interview with RedFM Calgary, which is popular with Alberta's Punjabi-speaking community. Carney asked RedFM Calgary listeners to reject leaving Canada. "The world is more dangerous; it is more divided. On the other side of the equation, the world wants to do more with Canada. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi and I, when we are discussing, we are discussing all the opportunities we have together in energy, in education, in agriculture, in artificial intelligence, in aerospace, in people-to-people ties, in cultural ties. That is what we want to do as Albertans, as Canadians, is to move forward," he said, and announced Modi's two-day visit in December. Carney said they are very pleased that Modi is coming. "And what we are looking to build up for that is deeper cooperation on trade. We are negotiating a very ambitious trade deal with India right now," he said, referring to the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which is in the final stages of negotiations. He said it is an exciting time because they are Canada, which includes Alberta. Carney referred to his interaction with the Indo-Canadian community as part of his outreach at a restaurant. "They are ready to get out and vote like Canada depends on it - because it does." Carney said his government was helping to realise the full potential of Alberta's energy, and cited an agreement to move forward with the Pacific Link pipeline from the Port of Vancouver to export crude from the province to markets in Asia, including possibly to India. "There are talks around that," he said....