New Delhi, 16 September — India and Canada will discuss the possibility of a direct air link between the two countries during a meeting between Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, and the Canadian minister for transport, David M. Collenette, on Sept. 18 in Canada. Shahnawaz left for a week-long tour to Canada late Saturday. Sources said, with the acquisition of new aircraft on lease for its winter schedule, Air-India would work out an arrangement of tying up with Air Canada, through some points in Europe — Frankfurt or Paris — for seamless travel to Canada. It is likely that the tie-up would be a block-seat arrangement. Air Canada had pulled out of India last year and Air-India does not operate any service to Canada. There is a sizeable number of non-resident Indians in Canada which has no direct air link with India.