Why Canada-India relations have soured and why they matter

Historically close, and with roots in the same Empire, Canada and India have fallen out over the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which Canada blames on India

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He had been organizing an unofficial referendum among the Sikh diaspora in Surrey. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Then on Sept. 18, Trudeau said there was that agents of the Indian government were behind the murder.

The province’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a release on May 11 that 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges an Indian government employee) “Tiger Squad” — part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s personal mercenary group — who tried to enter Canada on tourist visas in October 2018. However, they were denied entry..