I actually think it predates that.
Yes, I have visited India many times. I knew Prime Minister Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. I was a fan of the economic agenda that he undertook in Gujarat.
I had challenges with India starting when the provincial legislature in Ontario recognized the 1984 genocide. As leader of the Conservative Party at that time provincially, I supported that motion. The consulate general and the Canada India Foundation expressed displeasure with that support, that recognition, of 1984. I would hear directly from the consulate general and the Canada India Foundation. They were upset with the position I took. For them to express a position was not new. There have been many other instances like that.