GBI is based on globalisation (meaning global presence) and economy. It would be a good indicator for political influence around the world.
Canada is not more powerful than India, and any list that says it is clearly has something wrong. It's practically an axiom.
So just because a gouverment makes such lists the lists lose all their credibility?
It's a clear conflit of interest, and there are much better, intergovernmental (still not good, but better) sources which don't have such a big conflit.