B.C. businesses reliant on trade with India express worry as diplomatic divide deepens


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Some B.C. business owners who sell their products to India say they are worried about the future of their livelihoods as diplomatic relations break down between Canada and the Indian government. Sunny Brar, a farmer in Langley, B.C., said he is trying to determine a way forward with his 40-acre blueberry farm. "It's very scary," said Brar. Local sales were slumping so for the first time earlier this year, Brar says he successfully sold about 10 per cent of his fresh blueberry yield to India. It's an avenue he'd like to continue pursuing. But with tensions rising between Canada and...