‘Win for Indian story’: Canadian critics Jab Trudeau’s ‘No hard evidence’ comment, call him pro-separatism

Justin Trudeau’s recent blast in which he admitted that he only had “intelligence” and not “hard evidence” about his allegations against India has further increased the tension as many pundits and Canadian journalists had already labeled him a “habitual liar” named. And his admission did not come as a surprise to India, which reaffirmed its position on the massive diplomatic row with Canada, saying that what the Canadian prime minister admitted only confirms “what we have been saying all along.”

Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman, who criticized Trudeau on several previous occasions and claimed he supports Khalistanis and separatists, has now said Trudeau’s statement is a “pretty big win for the Indian narrative.” He also said, ‘India wins here because you never said you had proof.’

“This is a pretty big win for the Indian story right now. From a Canadian perspective, we had gone pretty fast, we had gotten to the point where we had kicked out a diplomat, we had appointed the Indian High Commission, and we had started doing this publicly. Then he (Justin Trudeau) was asked about this, and he came out and said, we have intelligence. On the geopolitical technicality, India wins here because you never said you had proof,” Bordman said in a report carried by news agency ANI.

The Canadian journalist further pointed out that the diplomatic row between India and Canada centers on whether Hardeep Singh Nijjar is a Khalistani terrorist or a community activist.

“But what does it change with respect to the great structures of things? Ultimately, the diplomatic row is really about the unanswered question: was Hardeep Singh Nijjar a Khalistani terrorist or a community activist? And that general disagreement has not changed,” Bordman said.

“That’s a very good statement to hear if you’re a Canadian, because the signal there is that while Justin Trudeau is Prime Minister, relations are in cryostasis. It leaves the door open that if there is a change of government and a less generally hostile government, deals can be made and we can all get back to normal, but they do put the blame here on Prime Minister Trudeau, who claimed to have had hard problems. evidence against Indian diplomats and subsequently came out with intelligence. The story of it was a one-off crime, they used gangsters to be part of the assassination of a Khalistani terrorist leader on Canadian soil.”

“It’s good to hear as Canadians that this could end when the Trudeau government ends. If you look at the polls, the Liberals are about to be wiped out in any poll. There is an internal caucus revolt going on right now. There are so many scandals that this Indian scandal will be lost in the noise of the next scandal, which should appear in about a week. And that is a victory for India. They didn’t come with hard evidence, they came with information and India can stick to its stand. And what will the world do? Embargo India? Starting a trade war with India, where we have to deal with the problems of Iran, Russia and the rest of the Middle East?” Bordman asked.

Bordman also criticized Trudeau’s statement “Canada’s position has always been to defend the territorial integrity of India” and said his actions are inconsistent with his words.

“Trudeau says things and Trudeau does things. Often what Trudeau says he does doesn’t match the reality of what he does. He could claim that he is against Khalistani separatism, but he would also promote Khalistani separatism. Don’t think it’s bizarre to assume he’s untruthful when he says he does something when he doesn’t. This is a common phenomenon of Justin Trudeau that leads back to his scandals and unpopularity,” Bordman said.

Following Bordman, former Iranian prisoner Salman Sima shared a video in which Trudeau says he “admires China’s fundamental dictatorship” and said that explains the diplomatic tensions between Canada and India.

In the video, Trudeau can be heard saying that he admires China’s fundamental dictatorship because “their fundamental dictatorship allows them to actually turn around their economy on the fly and say we have to go green the fastest, we have to start investing in solar energy, I find it quite interesting.”

“When Justin Trudeau says he admires China’s “fundamental dictatorship,” he means it. This explains the foreign interference in this country, it also explains why Justin Trudeau has not released the names of parliamentarians working for foreign dictatorships. It also explains the diplomatic tensions between Canada and India,” Sima tweeted.

On all occasions, India has strongly rejected Canadian authorities’ attempts to link Indian agents to criminal gangs in Canada with official sources in New Delhi, and has even said that Ottawa’s claim that it shared evidence with New Delhi in the Nijjar- case was simply not true.

Sources in New Delhi also rejected Trudeau’s previous allegations that India engaged in activities including conducting covert operations targeting Canadian nationals in his country.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, declared a terrorist by India, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18 last year.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S ADMISSION – ‘NO HARD EVIDENCE’ AGAINST INDIA

On Wednesday, Trudeau acknowledged that he only had intelligence and not “hard evidence” when he alleged the involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year.

Testifying before the public inquiry into foreign interference in federal election processes and democratic institutions, Trudeau alleged that the Indian diplomats collected information about Canadians who disagreed with Narendra Modi’s government and passed it on to the highest levels of the Indian government and criminal organizations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

“I was informed that there was intelligence from Canada, and possibly from Five Eyes allies, that made it quite clear, incredibly clear that India was involved. Indian government agents were involved in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil,” he said.

He added that his government had to take this very seriously.

(The ‘Five Eyes’ network is an intelligence alliance consisting of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It is both surveillance-based and signals-based.)

“India had indeed done it, and we had reason to believe they had,” Trudeau said, adding that his government’s immediate approach was to work with the government of India on this to ensure that accountability was made.

Also recalling the G20 summit hosted by India in September last year, the Canadian Prime Minister said this was a big moment for India, and Canada had “an opportunity to make it a very uncomfortable summit” for India as it would make these allegations public.

“We have chosen not to do that. We chose to continue working behind the scenes to try to get India to work with us,” he said.

Trudeau said the Indian side asked for evidence “and our answer was: that lies within your security services.”

“But the Indian side continued to cling to the evidence. And at that point it was mostly intelligence, not hard evidence. So we said let’s work together and look at your security forces and maybe we can make that happen,” he said.

INDIA’S RESPONSE

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday that what it has heard only “confirms” New Delhi’s consistent position that Canada “has not provided us with evidence” to support the serious allegations made by Ottawa against India and Indian diplomats.

In a statement, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “What we heard today only confirms what we have consistently said all along – Canada has not provided us with any evidence to support the serious allegations it has chosen to make against India and India. Indian diplomats.”

The ministry further said, “The responsibility for the damage this arrogant behavior has caused to India-Canada relations lies solely with Prime Minister Trudeau.”

INDIA-CANADA DIPLOMATIC ROW

On October 14, India expelled six Canadian diplomats and also announced it would withdraw its High Commissioner from Canada after rejecting Ottawa’s allegations linking the envoy to an investigation into Nijjar’s murder.

The escalation of diplomatic conflict between India and Canada marks a major deterioration in the already frosty relations between the two countries.

Relations between the two countries came under serious strain following Trudeau’s allegations in September last year of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in Nijjar’s murder.

New Delhi dismissed Trudeau’s allegations as “absurd”.

India has maintained that the main issue between the two countries is Canada’s giving space to pro-Khalistan elements operating with impunity from Canadian soil.