Trudeau or dare? He needs a reality check

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Justin Trudeau seems to have gone all Kim Jong Un by stating in Canada's parliament on Monday that 'credible intelligence' from security services link the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistani Canadian citizen, with the 'agents of the Government of India'. GoI has reacted by calling Trudeau's theory 'absurd'.

But what is even more absurd is his basing this grave accusation on a 'potential' link that seems to play grandly with a section of Trudeau's gallery, than with reality. He may well have announced the potential discovery of the Sasquatch.

Return from this new, novelty low will require Canada to acknowledge and act on India's concerns, and not pass it off as 'freedom of expression'.

For Ottawa, such a step will likely prove to be difficult, given that Trudeau's minority government owes its survival to the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP) headed by Jagmeet Singh 'Jimmy' Dhaliwal, known for his pro-Khalistan politics. India-Canada bilateral relations have been a mixed bag, whether pertaining to the Pokhran nuclear tests or Canada providing haven for Khalistani separatists.

An added wrinkle is the agreement between Singh's NDP and Trudeau's Liberal Party, not a power-sharing coalition but an agreement of support that can be withdrawn with ease. Trudeau's dependence on a party led by a Khalistan sympathiser always made the current administration if not a wolf, but at least a difficult creature in sheep's clothing for New Delhi.

While coming out in support of the 2020-21 farmers' protests in India, Trudeau invoked emergency powers in 2022 to deal with truckers blocking highways into Ottawa. The Canadian PM has worked in mysterious, double standards in the past.

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