Incendiary rhetoric on Sikh’s murder stokes debate in Canada diaspora

A row between Canada and India over the murder of a Sikh separatist has stoked talk of political friction among some Sikhs and Hindus in the diaspora, though others say it’s overblown.

After Mr Trudeau’s public accusation on Monday that India may have been behind the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, a clip surfaced on social media showing the head of a US-based Sikh separatist group calling for Hindu Canadians to return to India.

“Indo-Canadian Hindus, you have repudiated your allegiance to Canada and the Canadian constitution,” said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, head of Sikhs for Justice, in a video that was reportedly filmed on 12 September.

“Your destination is India. Leave Canada. Go to India,” he said.

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‘Very messy’: India-Canada row over Sikh killing causes diplomatic shock waves

Experts say if India was behind Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death it would signal radical change in its foreign intelligence methods

The sun was setting on a June evening as Hardeep Singh Nijjar walked across the car park of the gurdwara. Nijjar’s day job was as a plumber but this gurdwara, located in the city of Surrey, in Canada’s British Columbia province, was where he dedicated most of his energy. That day he had made an impassioned speech about the fight for an independent, safe state for Sikhs.

But as he reached his pickup truck, two heavy-set, masked gunmen lay in wait. Shots rang out across the car park and Nijjar, killed instantly, crumpled to the ground as the suspects fled – first on foot and then in a getaway car.

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The real reasons Canada’s relationship with India is broken

… By 2017, when I worked in government, India did not take Mr. Trudeau or Canada seriously. They viewed Canada as a bit player in world affairs, America’s loud-mouthed neighbour. In Ottawa, at least in my experience, officials did not respect India, either – to our peril. Canada’s political establishment is old and white, and infused with an ignorant Eurocentrism that still affects foreign policy priorities. Western Europe and the United States were our focus, and some ministers could hardly see beyond London or Berlin. There’s a reason why, along with India, relations with China, with Latin American countries, with much of Africa have deteriorated. It was a great abdication of our long-term priorities, given where we have ended up.

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Before son, there was the father: Why Trudeaus have difficult relationship with India

Canada-India rift deepens

Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there was Pierre Elliott Trudeau, his father and Canada’s 15th PM.

With his embracing of the Khalistani elements in Canada, Justin Trudeau ensured that ties with India nosedived. The trigger for the plunging relations was his unsubstantiated claims that India was behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

And before Justin Trudeau’s visit to India, first in 2018 and then in 2023 for the G20 Summit, came his father’s.

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Sabrina Maddeaux: Trudeau Liberals shrugged for years as foreign interference multiplied

As Canadians wait to learn more about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s explosive reveal of “credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen,” questions continue to compound. The clearest thing right now is we need to know more about Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder and, based on how peer governments handled similar cases, there’s solid precedent for transparency about the evidence.

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Absolute bat shit, insane behaviour: Canadians lambast Justin Trudeau after he expells top Indian diplomat, accuses Indian agencies of killing Khalistani terrorist Nijjar

Hours after Justin Trudeau falsely accused the Indian government of killing a Khalistani terrorist named Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, his countrymen slammed him on social media for hurting ties with India.

Journalist Daniel Bordman was shocked at the shenanigans of the Canadian Prime Minister and his decision to expel a top Indian diplomat from the country.


Related: FIRST READING: How Indian media is portraying Canada through all this (not well)

They haven’t called Canada a state sponsor of terror, but it’s close


Just an FYI – Earlier I posted that CBC’s usual reliable sources like Katie Telford are claiming that “Canada has Indian diplomats’ communications in bombshell murder probe: sources”

It’s got some laughable clangers like this one: “Canadian sources say that, when pressed behind closed doors, no Indian official has denied the bombshell allegation at the core of this case — that there is evidence to suggest Indian government involvement in the assassination of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.”

CBC ran with the Russia Collusion hoax for years so you know they have excellent “sources.”

I don’t doubt India did OFF Nijjar, and they don’t care what Junior thinks about it.

Junior has to answer why Canada became a haven for the terrorists he obviously favours.

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How bad could the Canada-India dispute get?

Expelling foreign diplomats from a host country is a first and serious step in expressing a government’s displeasure with another, but the impacts of escalating tension could eventually trickle down to their people, experts say.

After the tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats from Ottawa and New Delhi this week, India on Wednesday warned its citizens against travelling to Canada and cautioned Indian international students be vigilant due to “growing anti-India activities” and “hate crimes and criminal violence” in this country.


Junior will get his butt kicked. It appears our delusional PM hoped to embarrass Modi for maximum deflection from domestic woes and establish himself as some sort of international heavy weight.

He’ll soon find himself longing for the days when gender language was all he cared about.

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Trudeau declines to offer more evidence on Indian accusations

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to offer more evidence to support his startling allegation that the Indian government was behind the murder of a Canadian, but said the decision to come forward was not taken lightly.

Trudeau was at the United Nations on Wednesday and Thursday, where he gave speeches on climate change and the war in Ukraine. On Monday, he stood in the House of Commons and said Canada had “credible allegations,” that Indian government agents were involved in the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh community leader in Surrey, B.C.

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Trudeau Alone Against India After Accusing Asian Giant of Killing Canadian

Canada’s two closest allies, both working to boost ties with India, offered words of support but stopped short of criticizing the Asian giant after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the extraordinary step of publicly accusing the Indian government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian in B.C.

“We are deeply concerned about the allegations referenced by Prime Minister Trudeau yesterday,” said the U.S. State Department.

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Canada has Indian diplomats’ communications in bombshell murder probe: sources

The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist’s death that has inflamed relations with India, sources tell CBC News.

That intelligence includes communications involving Indian officials themselves, including Indian diplomats present in Canada, say Canadian government sources.

The intelligence did not come solely from Canada. Some was provided by an unnamed ally in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.


“Sources” – I remember when CBC was certain of the Trump Russia Collusion “Sources”

It doesn’t change anything. The Indians offed a terrorist that the Trudeau government at best turned a blind eye to.

What did Junior think was going to happen? 

Did he expect India to send him a thank you note?

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Conservatives are taking a cautious approach to India allegation, observers say

Just days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the astonishing allegation that Canada has “credible intelligence” linking agents of the Indian government to the killing of a Canadian citizen, the scandal has scarcely been mentioned during question period in the House of Commons.

There might be a good reason for that, observers say.

“There’s a lot of landmines here,” said Shakir Chambers, a former Conservative Party staffer and now a principal at Earnscliffe Strategies.

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Michael Higgins: Does Trudeau have what it takes to wage diplomatic war with India?

Foreign affairs are a minefield for Justin Trudeau but surely no one expected him to trigger an explosive diplomatic war with India.

This is now a defining moment for the prime minister who must prove himself either a strong and decisive leader or a weak and ineffectual politician. But does Trudeau possess the Churchillian spirit?

Junior is already in enough hot water having grossly overestimated international reaction to his accusation.

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Give it Up CBC: Trudeau’s allegiance to Khalistani radicals & Communist China can’t be helping Canada’s standing in the Five Eye’s intelligence alliance

What are the ‘Five Eyes’? As Canada accuses India, what you need to know about the intelligence alliance

Following Canada’s accusation this week that agents with connections to the Indian government were responsible for the fatal shooting on Canadian soil of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada’s Five Eyes allies have so far been reluctant to wade too deeply into the incident.

The CBC’s Evan Dyer reported this week that Canada had already indicated to the U.S. and the U.K. during and immediately following the G20 summit in New Delhi earlier this month that Canada’s already difficult relations with India were about to get even rockier.


Trudeau’s stewardship has isolated Canada with his dubious record of foreign allegiances.

Trudeau announced Canada would be a permanent NATO deadbeat.

We were not invited to join the AUKUS military alliance officially because we would not purchase nuclear subs but more likely because his government is riddled with ChiCom assets.

Alienating India by harboring Khalistani terrorists is not a good look among allies hoping to win India over as a counter to Justin’s admired basic dictatorship.

In short Canada is not a serious international partner, Junior has little more than Gender Language to offer.


They’re right! …

India calls Canada a ‘safe haven for terrorists’ as it suspends visa services for Canadians

India’s visa processing centre in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader.

“Important notice from Indian Mission: Due to operational reasons, with effect from 21 Sept. Indian visa services have been suspended [until] further notice,” the BLS Indian Visa Application Center in Canada said in a statement.

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9 separatist outfits supporting terror groups have bases in Canada, say officials

At least nine separatist organisations supporting terror groups have bases in Canada and despite multiple deportation requests, Ottawa has taken no action against those involved in heinous crimes, including the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, officials in New Delhi said on Tuesday.

Justin’s foreign allegiances are dangerous for Canada.

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