Defence Minister Jason Kenney Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre

: After a formal meeting Wednesday, Harper will accompany the charismatic Modi to Toronto and Vancouver and will have no less than 16 fellow Conservatives appearing with them at various events, from cabinet ministers to MPs.A number of prominent federal Conservative MPs, including Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre, were on hand to greet the Indian prime minister when his plane touched down Tuesday in Ottawa, according to Toronto Star. This seems to be a win-win situation for Harper, said Roland Paris, the founding director of the University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies. Harper will also have an unspoken domestic political dividend — boosting his party standing with Canada 1.2 million Indo-Canadians as an October federal election looms. Photos: Memorable visits to Canada by world leaders He can promote deeper economic and diplomatic links with India while also scoring political points at home with the Indo-Canadian community. His tough talk towards Russia is seen as a way of courting the 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, for instance. Harper fondness for diaspora politics is well known. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.