India, Nov. 30 -- Amid a renewal of relations between India and Canada, provincial governments are attempting to leverage the opportunity for trade presented by the momentum in bilateral ties.

Premiers of Canada's provincial governments are looking at leveraging the thaw marked by the announcement by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Mark Carney on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg in November that negotiations will begin towards a comprehensive economic partnership agreement or CEPA.

India's high commissioner to Ottawa Dinesh Patnaik said he sensed provincial leaders were "excited" at the chance provided by the fresh impetus in the bilateral domain.

Patnaik completed a visit to Western Canada on Saturday, which sp...