Foreign Affairs Minister: Indian Professionals

Pension Contributions Dept: The agreement also eliminates a significant hurdle to free-trade talks between the two countries, which the Conservative government has pledged to complete by 2013, according to Vancouver Sun. Cabinet last month gave Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird permission to sign the agreement on behalf of the government, according to an order-in-council published on Oct. 27. Under the agreement, Indians working in Canada on temporary visas and making social security and pension contributions back to India would be exempt from making similar contributions here. The same will be true for Canadians working in India, who will only pay the Canadian government and canada and India are on the verge of signing an agreement that would make it easier and more financially viable for thousands of Indian professionals to work here, and vice versa. The Agreement on Social Security has been in negotiations since 2009 and has been considered a key ask for the Indian side as Canada tries to cosy up with the emerging economic power. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.