International Trade committee  My name is Gian Dhesi.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Chair and members of the Standing Committee on International Trade of the House of Commons, I, Gian Singh Dhesi, wish to share with you information on the potential benefits of doing business with India. I would like to inform you that I moved to Canada from India

International Trade committee  That is why I am just taking one or two lines out of this, and then you will have everything in the report to read. Further, I want to say that there is an opportunity in real estate.

International Trade committee  I just want to outline where Canadian companies have the potential to do business in India.

International Trade committee  Finally, I would like to say that India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world at the moment. There is a great opportunity for Canadian companies to offer products and services to Indian companies.

International Trade committee  In terms of my experience doing business with India—I've been importing products from India since 1988, and still continuing—there should be one window where all the approvals come from. India has many levels of these things. As Mr. Ghuman told you, the police are involved, burea

International Trade committee  First, in my experience, before the Canadian government signs an agreement, like other businesses, the Canadian government should also take a delegation over there to the business people, not to the governments, as I did when I went with the Prime Minister and trade ministers in

International Trade committee  I'll make one point.

International Trade committee  India is adding a fast-track court system, but the Indian counterpart knows if a foreigner goes there for a week or two weeks, then they will pick another date. Then frustrated people come back home and leave everything there. Consideration should be given to how the cases shoul

International Trade committee  It's very hard for common people like us, as businessmen, to know how to solve these things. Consideration should be given. There are so many levels of government. If there's any dispute, it starts with the FIR and a report there. It keeps going. At every step, if you don't know

International Trade committee  Mr. Shory, I have written in my report that all the corporations have their set of offices—across the world, not only in Canada. They don't need to come in on these agreements. Whether this government is going to sign or not, their presence is already in Canada and the U.S.A. I

International Trade committee  I want to share my personal experience. By the way, I was vice-president of the NRIs of the Sabha in Jalandhar for the last two years. Now the election is done again and I might go there and do it. I have heard hundreds and I can say up to thousands of complaints about my distri

International Trade committee  —to verify this situation?

International Trade committee  Okay, I'll generalize. There are so many names I could put on the table. People are losing their property and leaving and they don't want to go back home as NRIs. I'm talking about agricultural properties over there. The law is there, but nobody is implementing it. That's the th

International Trade committee  I think so.