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We have made clear that the allegations are extremely serious and they need to be taken seriously, and we wanted to see the government of India cooperate with Canada in its investigation. Obviously, they have not chosen that path,
spokesperson Mathew Miller said in a regular briefing on Tuesday Australia respects Canada’s judicial process,
New Zealand has a diverse population, with large communities with cultural connections to a broad range of countries from across Asia, the Pacific and Europe. We expect all such communities to act, and be treated, lawfully and with respect,
For decades, Canada's pulse industry has developed a strong relationship with businesses in India built on mutual respect and trust. We remain confident in the strength of this relationship,
said Greg Cherewyk, president of Pulse Canada, the organization that represents the country's lentil farmers and exporters, in an emailed statement Tuesday This is an extremely significant development. We are seeing a diplomatic disruption, a rupture in the relationship, on a scale that is unprecedented,
said Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of research and strategy for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada In the short term, I think certainly this will have a negative impact ... if you're a Canadian business who's trying to get a foothold into India or if you're an Indian business trying to do something in Canada,
said Partha Mohanran, director of the India Innovation Institute at the University of Toronto (Canada-India) is a relationship which has woefully underperformed its potential,
It would be a massive escalation and one that would also obviously hurt India's economic interests,
It's maybe too soon to say what the economic consequences will be, but it will definitely have an impact,
Pension funds operate on a much longer time frame. We have seen them take risks, including political risks into account, as they look at next investments, but I think we won't see the same kind of reassessment that we saw with China,
The notion that this is just a ‘diplomatic spat’, or that Canada and not India is responsible for the ‘escalation of tensions’ – as if the fault were not India’s, for having carried out this unprovoked attack on a supposed ally, but Canada’s for objecting – is one of the grimmer jokes to emerge from this affair.”
India is playing the game, because it dare not antagonise America. Canada, however, is expendable — a middle power with no military clout, as desperate as any other Western country to maintain commercial ties with India — which is why Modi is making an example of us,
This is not a diplomatic spat: it’s state terrorism, and Canada is right to call it out’
And here’s the kicker: who is responsible for ensuring that the RCMP is ‘effective, accountable and addresses the government’s priorities?’ You guessed it: Bill Blair, the minister of public safety,
The Khalistan cause remains their long-time trump card to woo Sikh votes. The Sikh diaspora wields significant influence in as many as 23 ridings across urban Canada, making it an important vote bank for any party seeking to form government,
But this is something quite different. This is an allegation that agents of the government of India had a hand in the killing … not just of Mr Nijjar, but others as well, and many cases of extortion and harassment and intimidation,
he told CNA938’s Asia First on Wednesday India's government is now saying that Canada is sheltering and sponsoring anti-India terrorists,
India is claiming that this could, in due course, pose another major violent threat to India,
Kugelman told CNA’s Asia First There are clearly domestic factors at play in both countries that I think drive both leaders’ behaviour and actions, and … these two prime ministers both benefit from this crisis,
It could simply be that … (the) evidence, for the Indian authorities, hasn't met a threshold that they're happy with or comfortable with,