Canada PM visits India to boost trade, tourism, meets Bollywood actor

(16 Nov 2009) 1. Mid shot of the with Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister, and Akshay Kumar with winter Olympic torch 2. Wide shot of torch with Harper and Kumar 3. Various exteriors of Chabad house visited by Harper, one of the targets of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks 4. Wide of news conference 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister: "And we grieve with you those harrowing days in November last year when the innocent citizens of this very city were subjected to outrageous acts of terror which shocked the world. Such wild, barbaric acts are the motivation behind both our contributions to our international effort in Afghanistan. I have to say, having visited the site of one this morning, that these acts are acts which all peoples, which Canadians, Indians and all civilised people, utterly condemn." 6. Cutaway business delegates 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister: "Our combined GDP is well on the way to four trillion dollars, yet at the moment we are only doing five billion dollars worth of business per year. Where we are today is not where we ought to be. Yes, we are good friend and partners, but we could be better friends and partners, and we should be better friends and partners." 8. Delegates applauding 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Akshay Kumar, Bollywood actor: "I am very touched by this wonderful opportunity to have been chosen as the international torch bearer from India for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver." 10. Kumar being presented with winter Olympic jersey by Harper 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Akshay Kumar, Bollywood actor: "Mahatma Gandhi saw the flame as symbolic gesture of equality and liberation of human rights. I, too, see the torch as the symbol of freedom, peace and hope around the world." 12. Delegates seated at table STORYLINE: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in India on Monday on his first state visit, part of an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two countries. Harper first visited Chabad House, one of the sites targeted by militants in coordinated attacks last November. Addressing a gathering of businesspeople afterwards, he condemned the attacks as "wild" and "barbaric". Speaking about bilateral trade, Harper said: "Our combined GDP is well on the way to four trillion dollars. Yet at the moment we are only doing five billion dollars worth of business. Where we are today is not where we ought to be." "Yes, we are good friend and partners, but we could be better friends and partners, and we should be better friends and partners," he said. Since Harper took office in 2006, Canada has sent 11 ministerial delegations to India and opened three new trade offices in the Indian cities of Hyderabad, Calcutta and Ahmedabad. India now has the second largest network of Canadian trade offices after the United States. Canada and India are negotiating nuclear cooperation, clean energy and foreign investment agreements. Harper also announced that Bollywood