Canada Expels Indian Diplomats, Linking Them To Criminal Campaign

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Canadian police said the Indian government was orchestrating homicides and extortion in Canada to intimidate Sikh separatists. India, in return, kicked out Canadian diplomats.

Canada accused the Indian government on Monday of homicide and extortion intended to silence critics of India living in Canada, escalating a bitter dispute that began last year with an assassination of a Sikh activist.

Canada expelled India’s top diplomat and five others, saying they were part of a vast criminal network. India reciprocated, expelling six Canadian diplomats.

The two countries have been in an intense dispute following the assassination of a prominent Sikh cleric, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time had been orchestrated by the Indian government.

Canada is home to the largest Sikh community outside India, a religious minority that lives mostly in the state of Punjab, in northwestern India. » | Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Reporting from Toronto | Monday, October 14, 2024

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Justin Trudeau Accuses India of a Killing on Canadian Soil: The Canadian leader said agents of India had assassinated a Sikh community leader in British Columbia in June. India called the accusation “absurd.” »

Canada Sees Drop in Citizen Applications from Permanent Residents | BBC News

Feb 7, 2024 | Canada has been a magnet for immigrants for decades, but recently the number of permanent residents applying for citizenship has been dropping. Thousands emigrate from India to Canada every year, with the Punjab community making up one of the country’s biggest diasporas, but some are now choosing to return to their home country.

Au Canada, l’homme qui avait volontairement fauché une famille musulmane a été reconnu coupable de meurtres

LE MONDE : Quatre personnes étaient mortes le 6 juin 2021 quand Nathaniel Veltman, décrit comme un suprémaciste blanc, avait délibérément foncé sur elles avec son pick-up près de Toronto. La notion de terrorisme n’a pas été retenue par le jury.

Après dix semaines de procès et un délibéré de cinq heures, un jury canadien a reconnu, jeudi 16 novembre, Nathaniel Veltman, décrit comme un suprémaciste blanc, coupable de quatre meurtres et d’une tentative de meurtre pour avoir délibérément précipité son véhicule sur une famille musulmane.

Le 6 juin 2021, l’homme, aujourd’hui âgé de 22 ans, avait fauché cinq membres de la famille Afzaal à London, près de Toronto, dans la province de l’Ontario, tuant les deux parents, une fille de 15 ans et la grand-mère. Seul le garçon de 9 ans, grièvement blessé, a survécu. » | Le Monde avec AP et AFP | vendredi 17 November 2023

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Oct 2, 2023 | Former Canadian Cabinet Minister James Moore joins Steve to discuss the differences between American and Canadian politics and how Canadians view the USA post-Trump presidency.

FBI Warned Prominent US Sikhs of Threats after Murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada

GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL: Revelation comes days after prime minister Justin Trudeau blamed the assassination of the Sikh activist on the Indian government

Members of the Sikh community protest the visit of India's prime minister Narendra Modi to the White House in June. The FBI warned some American Sikhs that there lives could be in danger after the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images
The FBI warned at least three Americans active in the Sikh community that their lives were in danger in the immediate aftermath of the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada last June.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has blamed the apparent assassination on the Indian government, as assessment that has reportedly been backed by Canadian and US intelligence sources and has created a rupture in Ottawa’s relationship with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government.

The shocking accusation that India carried out an extrajudicial murder on Canadian soil – an allegation that has been denied by India – has prompted a re-examination of threats against Sikh separatists around the world, as well as Sikh activists’ claims of suspicious deaths in the UK and Pakistan in the weeks before the murder. » | Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington | Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Canada’s House Speaker Apologizes After Ukrainian Who Fought for Nazis Was Honored

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Jewish groups demanded an explanation after Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, introduced a 98-year-old veteran of an SS unit as a “hero.”

The Ukrainian man sitting in the gallery of Canada’s House of Commons was a “hero,” the speaker of the House said on Friday, drawing applause from lawmakers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had just addressed the chamber during his first visit to Ottawa since Russia invaded his country.

But several Jewish groups responded with outrage, saying that the man, Yaroslav Hunka, 98, had served in a Nazi unit known as the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, which fought alongside Germany during World War II and declared allegiance to Adolf Hitler. » | Isabella Kwai | Monday, September 25, 2023

Ukraine War: Zelenskyy Speaks in Canada after Strike on Crimea Navy Base - BBC News

Sep 22, 2023 | Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has addressed the Canadian parliament, praising the country's commitment to "defending freedom."

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau welcomed Zelenskyy and pledged C$650m in aid for Ukraine. The three-year "predictable, steady support for Ukraine" will include some 50 armoured vehicles as well as training for F-16 pilots, he says. This comes after Ukraine mounted a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in Crimea.

Canada Asks India to Cooperate in Murder Probe

Sep 22, 2023 | Canada's Prime Minister says the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader must be taken seriously.

Justin Trudeau is calling on the Indian government to cooperate. He says Canada has evidence that India was involved in the killing, but that he will not make it public. New Delhi denies the accusation and has suspended visas for Canadians. Both sides have expelled each other's diplomats.

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Vancouver, Canada.

India Suspends Visas for Canadians as Row Escalates

BBC: India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens amid an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.

Visa service provider BLS posted a message from India's mission blaming "operational reasons" for the decision.

Tensions flared this week after Canada said it was investigating "credible allegations" linking India with the murder of the separatist leader.

India angrily rejected the allegation calling it "absurd".

Analysts say relations between the countries, which have been strained for months, are now at an all-time low.

The message about the suspension of visas was first posted on the BLS website on Thursday.

"Important notice from Indian Mission: Due to operational reasons, with effect from 21 September 2023, Indian visa services have been suspended till further notice," it read. » | Meryl Sebastian, BBC News, Cochin | Thursday, September 21, 2023

Nijjar Killing Accusation No Surprise to Surrey, B.C., Temple Members

Sep 19, 2023 | Members of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., have for months been accusing the Indian government of killing Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET

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Canada Links Indian Government to Sikh Leader's Murder

Sep 19, 2023 | Canada says it is investigating credible evidence that the Indian government was linked to the killing of a prominent Canadian Sikh activist in British Columbia in June. India has rejected the allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as absurd. But Canada has already expelled an Indian diplomat, while the investigation is still under way. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Ontario, Canada.

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Justin Trudeau Accuses India of a Killing on Canadian Soil

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Canadian leader said agents of India had assassinated a Sikh community leader in British Columbia in June. India called the accusation “absurd.”


Justin Trudeau said it was “unacceptable,” and the Canadian foreign minister said Ottawa had expelled a top Indian diplomat. | Blair Gable/Reuters
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said on Monday that “agents of the government of India” had carried out the assassination of a Sikh community leader in British Columbia in June, an explosive allegation that is likely to further sour relations between the two nations.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. Trudeau said that he had raised India’s involvement in the shooting of the Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Group of 20 summit meeting earlier this month “in no uncertain terms.” He said the allegation was based on intelligence gathered by the Canadian government.

“Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty,” Mr. Trudeau told lawmakers. He said Canada would pressure India to cooperate with the investigation into the killing of Mr. Nijjar, who advocated Sikh separatism.

Mélanie Joly, the foreign minister, later announced that Canada had expelled an Indian diplomat whom she described as the head of India’s intelligence agency in Canada. » | Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai, Ian Austen reported from Ottawa, and Vjosa Isai from Toronto. | Monday, September 18, 2023

Canada Issues Travel Advisory for LGBTQ+ Residents Visiting US

THE GUARDIAN: Canadian government issues warning after numerous discriminatory laws passed in Republican-controlled states

LGBTQ+ citizens are at risk when traveling to the US due to numerous discriminatory laws passed at state level, the Canadian government has warned.

“Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws,” the government’s website reads.

Although no US state or law was singled out, the news comes after a wave of discriminatory laws passed in predominantly Republican-controlled states. They include Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” law, and bans against drag performances, gender-affirming care bans, transgender sports participation and bathroom use in states such as Kentucky, Texas, and Tennessee. » | Erum Salam | Thursday, August 31, 2023

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Canada's Woke Nightmare: A Warning to the West | Documentary

Aug 29, 2023 | Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has sought to position itself as the global bastion of progressive politics. In my latest Telegraph documentary, seen above, I went to the former British colony to find out how Canadians are dealing with Trudeau’s radical reforms – from the promotion of gender ideology in schools and the mass legalisation of drugs, to his extreme new suicide laws and clamp downs on freedom of speech.

I began my investigation in one of the country’s most liberal cities, Vancouver. Possession of up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs, including heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, has been legalised in the city as part of a three-year experiment which began in January of this year. If the aim was to combat the opioid crisis that already beset the city, then it appears there is still much to be done as vast tent sites line the streets, patrolled by roaming zombie-like drug addicts.

As we filmed on Hastings Street, infamous as the epicentre of Vancouver’s homelessness crisis, I witnessed a topless man shoot a needle into his arm five feet from me. Though it wasn’t quite as bad as San Francisco, where my cameraman and I came under attack from angry vagrants, the scenes were still shocking.

It’s not just the homeless who patrol the streets of Vancouver. Chris Elston, better known online as Billboard Chris, campaigns against the imposition of gender ideology on children, whether through Canada’s education system or via dangerous operations to “transition” young adults. As his nickname suggests, Chris walks around Vancouver wearing signs protesting gender ideology, encouraging lively debates with passers-by which he puts on YouTube.

Chris kindly allowed our crew to join him on a walkabout, where we found many Canadians horrified by the use of puberty blockers in children and the promotion of biological men in women’s sports.

We did encounter some opposition of course, mostly through the odd shout or flicking of the finger. So much for Canadian politeness.

One aggressive gentleman, tall, ageing and angry, began a tirade against Chris with the rather bizarre singular message that he is “queer”.

Part of Canada’s social revolution can also be witnessed in its extreme new euthanasia laws. In 2016, the ruling Liberal Party passed legislation enabling assisted suicide for terminally ill Canadians. Next year the legislation will be expanded to include those with mental health problems. As Christianity declines across Canada, and the liberal obsession with “bodily autonomy” and “personal freedom” reaches its logical conclusion, a new dystopia is forming. As Dr Konia Trouton, a euthanasia advocate, told me, “We are an organised society but within that organisation we have to allow some freedoms and opportunities. This is not a communist system where we can try and reign that in”. The campaign group Euthanasia Prevention Coalition estimates that 13,500 people chose state-assisted suicide last year.

To prevent wokeism from spreading it is important to have a strong opposition party. Canada’s Conservatives have been historically weak in pushing back against Trudeau, however, their recently elected leader, Pierre Poilievre, has injected fresh energy into the party. Whilst there are some who still question Poillievre’s conservative credentials, his strategy seems to be working; one recent poll gave his party a twelve-point lead over Trudeau’s Liberals.

However, the most successful opponents to Canada’s social revolution have so far not been politicians but members of the public. Our film highlights some of these brave individuals, including Dr Jordan Peterson, perhaps the most high-profile Canadian in the world other than the country’s leader.

During my travels I found ordinary people appalled at Canada’s surrender to drug dealers, its contempt for freedom of speech, its enforcement of gender ideology on children and a breezy willingness to terminate the lives of its own citizens. However, for all the depressing stories of people losing their jobs, or being hounded by the government, these cases were equally inspirational. Whilst Canada is a warning to the West, there are also individual messages of hope from those brave individuals fighting for their freedom.

Canada Wildfires: Soldiers Sent to British Columbia to Tackle Blazes - BBC News

Aug 21, 2023 | Canadian wildfires in British Columbia are to be tackled by soldiers deployed to the region. About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in the province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging. Two huge fires in the Shuswap region merged overnight, destroying blocks of houses and other buildings. To the south, travel to the waterside city of Kelowna has been restricted, and smoke from nearby fires hangs over Lake Okanagan. Fires have charred homes in West Kelowna, a nearby city of 36,000.

Justin Trudeau Announces Separation from Wife after 18 Years

THE TELEGRAPH: Canadian prime minister says the couple made the decision after 'many meaningful and difficult conversations'

Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, at King Charles's Coronation in London in May | CREDIT: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating, the couple have announced.

Mr Trudeau said the couple had made the decision after “many meaningful and difficult conversations”.

“As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build,” he said.

Mr Trudeau, 51, and his wife, 48, married in 2005 and have three children together. » | Rozina Sabur, Washington Editor | Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Heatwave: Extreme Heat across US and Europe - BBC News

Jul 16, 2023 | Extreme heat and high temperatures are making their way across the US and Europe. Nearly a third of Americans - about 113 million people - are currently under heat advisories - including in Florida, California and up to Washington state. Meanwhile, sweltering temperatures are showing no signs of abating in southern Europe. The Italian health ministry issued a red alert for 16 cities including Rome, Bologna and Florence for the weekend

Airpocalypse: David Wallace-Wells on Red Skies, Raging Wildfires & Pollution Link to Climate Crisis

Jun 8, 2023 | Record-breaking Canadian wildfires continue to fill skies across much of North America with smoke, putting about 100 million people under air quality alerts. New York City recorded the worst air quality of any major city in the world as a result of the haze. Around the world, air pollution is already responsible for as many as 10 million deaths per year, and the problem is likely to get worse, says New York Times opinion writer David Wallace-Wells. He explains how today's smoky skies are a glimpse of our future in the climate crisis, when warmer temperatures and dry conditions will continue to increase the size and severity of wildfires across the globe. "It's not just that we're getting more fires, and it's not even that they're getting larger. They're also getting much more intense, which means that they are cooking much of the landscape," says Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. We also hear from Cree/Iroquois/French journalist Brandi Morin, who just returned from reporting on the wildfires raging in the remote Indigenous community of Fort Chipewyan in Canada's North, which she calls the "epicenter of the effects of climate change because it's downstream from one of the largest oil production developments in the world, Alberta's oil sands."

Canada Wildfires Blanket North American Cities in Smoke - BBC News

Jun 7, 2023 | Millions of people in North America woke up to dangerous air quality levels as intense wildfires burn across Canada. A haze hangs over the north-eastern US with some cities, including New York, briefly reporting the worst air quality of any major city in the world. Much of the smoke is coming from Quebec where 160 fires are burning.

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