TRUDEAU SHIFTS PUBLIC ATTENTION FROM CHINA TO INDIA

In an unsettling and unprecedented moment, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to the floor of the House of Commons to deliver a disconcerting declaration

- DEAN BAXENDALE

“Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen,” he said.

“Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. It contradicts the fundamental rules by which free, open and democratic societies conduct themselves,” he added.

That citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar was known to the Indian security agencies and was alleged to be a Khalistan separatist and terrorist. The Indian government provided credible evidence of his involvement to Interpol, and a Red Corner Notice was issued on 14 November 2014. Believe it or not, he was granted Canadian citizenship by former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government even when his immigration file had numerous red flags that indeed would have disqualified him. And that is why the Conservative leader of the opposition got up in the House in full support of the government. Pierre Poilievre has asked for further evidence and proof in public to back the PM’s claim.