It will be up to ministers to decide what agreement they would be prepared to sign for Canada, but my mandate is to seek a side agreement on the respect for international standards in environmental protection. Recognizing India's position on the matter....
And by the way, the Indian position is not to “make an effort” to improve the environment for their people; they are in fact signatories to many of the same environmental protection agreements, the international standards, that Canada has signed, and they make an effort within their means to enforce and promote those agreements.
It's the linkage to trade disciplines that they have traditionally resisted, for reasons that you'd have to ask India about.