Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada continues to take public safety, transnational repression and foreign interference seriously as it negotiates a trade agreement with India — a country Ottawa once iced out over allegations it was involved in the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

“It is extremely important to take these types of issues very seriously, and we do,” Anand told CBC's Power & Politics on Monday. “And that’s not just with India, it’s with all countries. Public safety and security is always a top priority as a government.”

Anand told host David Cochrane the federal government is “recalibrating the economic relationship” while ensuring Canadian law enforcement agencies continue to do their work independently and unabated.

Anand’s comments come on th

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