"Frustrating": Canada holding back info on Nijjar killing, says British Columbia premier
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, ANI reported citing CBC News.
David Eby was reported by CBC News as saying that everything he knows about the Khalistani terrorist's killing is «in the public realm,» despite a briefing with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director that he described as frustrating because there wasn't more concrete information.
The India-Canada row began after Justin Trudeau made allegations on India's role behind the killing of Nijjar on Canadian soil in June.
India has denied the accusation as “absurd” and “motivated”.
Hardeep Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18.
The premier said he strongly suspected the government was “holding back information that could help the province protect its residents with connections to India from foreign interference”.
According to the CBC News report, Canada’s Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc had reached out to Eby, «but there has not been good information sharing.”
“The priority should be protecting the criminal prosecution process so people can be held accountable, but on the broader issue of ensuring community safety, there's a long way to go to share that information,» CBC News quoted Eby as saying.
The premier further said he believes Ottawa has information through agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that could help respond to ground the situation in provinces.
“There is a gap between the information that Ottawa has and the ability to communicate that information with provinces where we can actually make a difference from using it in terms of response to issues on the ground… it was frustrating…” he
