Toronto, March 11 -- Canada's Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney said that Canada looked forward to strengthen India-Canada ties.

Carney said that Canada looked forward to strengthen ties with 'like-minded' countries, one of them being India.

"What Canada will be looking to do is to diversify our trading relationships with like-minded countries. And there are opportunities to rebuild the relationships with India- there needs to be a shared sense of values around that commercial relationship and if I am the Prime Minister, I look forward to the opportunity to build that," he said.

Canada's next leader is a relative political novice, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered governments through major global ...