Since Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination, India-Canada relations have deteriorated into a convoluted diplomatic impasse.
A Canadian Commission report has now concluded no concreate evidence of foreign state involvement in the death, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s emphasis on “credible evidence” connecting Indian agents to it.
According to Canadian report titled “Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions”, claimed that PM’s allegations lacked merit.
It claims that the Canadian Prime Minister used a dud bomb to go to war with India.
Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue said in the report, “Disinformation is used as a retaliatory tactic to punish decisions that run contrary to a state’s interests”.
The report continued, “This may have been the case with a disinformation campaign that followed the Prime Minister’s [Trudeau’s] announcement regarding suspected Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar (though again no definitive link to a foreign state could be proven)”.
The current state of affairs also demonstrates how the diplomatic repercussions, which has resulted in the expulsion of diplomats from both sides, has made matters worse.
This development appears to call into question the veracity of Trudeau’s assertions, particularly in light of India’s persistent requests for hard proof that has not yet been provided. The circumstance draws attention to the conflict between Canada’s wider geopolitical ties with India and its internal concerns regarding the Khalistani movement.
A “targeted campaign against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the Government of India” was mentioned in the 123-page study, which also examined the October 2024 expulsion of six Indian ambassadors from Canada.
In retaliation, India reportedly removed its high commissioner and expelled six Canadian diplomats, causing diplomatic rifts between the two nations.
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