— Musings —09.18.2023 06:20 PM
India is no ally
Trudeau reaching out to Poilievre and Singh on the Indian-ordered assassination is how Parliament is supposed to work. Looks good on all of them.
— Musings —09.18.2023 06:20 PM
Trudeau reaching out to Poilievre and Singh on the Indian-ordered assassination is how Parliament is supposed to work. Looks good on all of them.
Warren,
India will admit nothing and more importantly, not cooperate with the investigation. We won’t hit any kind of paydirt until Biden phones Modi. That’s just reality.
Ronald,
Quite the Day One deflection.
PMJT spoke of “credible leads”. You need to have more than that, before you go public.
Political grandstanding and now our PM departs to the Big Apple.
Yesterday, not-so-tough day at the office.
Man, can these guys deflect. Let’s see what comes of this matter.
I bet … nothing.
Trudeau said there’s credible evidence that agents of the government of India COULD be involved.
Hopefully, Trudeau will present this evidence to the public, or to the other party leaders (without a secrecy restriction so they can comment on it).
I noticed the word COULD in Trudeau’s announcement. And I ask myself, Would Justin lie for political gain?
It’s early days, we need to see the evidence.
Yes … evidence, please.
Chinese election interference, illegal entries at Roxham Rd, and now this…?
Isn’t a country supposed to be sovereign over its territory?
Three thoughts come to mind.
1. How would he have handled this without the Globe leak?
2. Is that why Biden was waving his finger in his face?
3. If he knew he was going into a difficult situation(maybe he didn’t), why bring your son?
Betting the Globe leak came from the Telford-led PMO.
Massive weekend story in the Globe on … Telford.
I want to be gracious & agree this is how Parliament is supposed to work. However, given JT past record (hid information on Chinese electoral interference etc) the timing of this announcement begs some questions. How long did JT know about these allegations and why did he release the news now? Why now seems cynically apparent – an opportunity to deflect from other bad news…….
Because the Globe forced them to.
RKJ,
Colour me incredibly dark cynical: Trudeau needs to get the heat off the Chinese, so this is a highly useful deflection. India is a friend but not as dangerous politically for HIM as China is.
Call me a cynic, but considering the serious implications starting with the integrity of a police investigation and continuing intelligence operations, not to mention the diplomatic consequences, why did the Prime Minister stand in Parliament to clothesline all of these important functions? Parliament is the last place Trudeau chooses to announce anything of importance.
Prior to the G20 summit, the trade talks with India were suspended. Immediately after the G20 a trade junket to India led by Ms. Ng was cancelled. Which brings to mind an obvious question:
Why did Trudeau choose to attend the G20, hosted by India? His skunk at the garden party demeanour is well documented and we can see that the next step was to stand in Parliament and humiliate the Indian government BEFORE arrests are made.
There seems to be a political calculus involved here, and I find that concerning.
Is it true that Mr. Nijjar entered Canada with a fake passport and that Interpol wanted him for terrorist activities? If that is the case, it is unacceptable that Canadian politicians are ruining relations with India and voicing their support for the terrorist for the sole purpose of winning votes. It’s also clearly an act of interference for us to give support for the independence movement in Khalistan. We would be outraged if the Indian government actively supported Quebec independence. Justin Trudeau is pathetic, and I hope that Canadian voters will see how desperate and insincere he is. It’s not sufficient to say that India could be connected to the assassination. We need real proof.
I’m reminded of what Gary Filmon said when the Meech Lake Accord failed: “there’s plenty of blame to go around.” Both sides — the Indian Government and Sikh extremists — have done all kinds of bad things over the years in connection with this. Sikh extremists assassinated PM Gandhi and carried out the Air India Bombing – the worst terrorist attack and mass murder in Canadian history. The Indian government probably did this, and I’m guessing they were pretty reckless going into that temple at Amritsar, though I’m not an expert.
In Surrey at certain community events, there have been images of outright terrorists approvingly on display (including of Parmar, the mastermind behind the Air India bombing).
Personally I think our government has been spineless in not going after both sides. You should not be permitted to venerate terrorists in Canada. And of course foreign governments should not terrorize Canadians on our soil. But IMO we have permitted this whole thing to fester.
Interesting how just after the crap fest of his last trip this suddenly pops up. So many wonderful out comes to look out for, 1.It’s true and nothing happens just like Chinese interference inquiry. 2. Huge investigation and inquiry unlike the lack of inquiry into Chinese interference. 2. No proof and Canadian trade to India is done for years. 3. Certain members of the Sikh community assassinates 1- 100 Indian citizens in retaliation based on Trudeaus statements, and the list goes on. Right now and for some reason we are taking Capt black face and his amazing groping powers word even though he seems to have a political stake in this that is not what a sensible person could call honest.
While I agree that it is a serious issue for a foreign government to assist (if true) in the killing of a Canadian citizen, I can’t shake the sense that Trudeau’s high dungeon rhetoric on India’s foreign interference is being done to divert attention away from the government’s resistance to undertake action in relation to China’s foreign interference.
The same intelligence agency that Trudeau and fellow Liberals dismissed when the subject was Chinese election interference, is now judged believable by Trudeau et al?
What a surprise!
Figuratively reaching out to the Conservatives with nothing more than a trust me on this will not go far. The conservatives have rightly pointed out that he sat on election interference for years cause it benefited him but now with out any meat in the sandwich wants the opposition to just believe him on this….good luck. If our allies are not flocking to this than Poilievre has every right to be suspicious that the baby may have shit its pants when Trudeau hands it to him.
According to India, he orchestrated a bombing in 2016 in a cinema in Punjab that killed seven people. India requested his extradition, but as was the case with every extradition request under the father Pierre Trudeau, it was denied. It’s inaccurate to report that Mr. Nijjar was a plumber. He owned a plumbing business. In case anyone doubts that Mr. Nijjar had connections to terrorism, here is a link: https://www.bitchute.com/video/hOZXSdKOrPhC/