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Ties betwixt India and Canada were severely deed aft then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said successful Parliament successful September 2023 that determination were “credible allegations” that agents of the Indian authorities were progressive successful the sidesplitting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar successful June of that year. (Photo: X/ File)
There is “no definitive nexus to a overseas state” successful the disinformation run that came aft Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged India’s manus successful the sidesplitting Khalistani violent Hardeep Nijjar, says the Canadian report.
Ties betwixt India and Canada were severely deed aft then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said successful Parliament successful September 2023 that determination were “credible allegations” that agents of the Indian authorities were progressive successful the sidesplitting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar successful June of that year. India has rejected the allegations calling them “absurd” and “politically motivated”. It led to a superior downgrading of the relations, some countries were expelled diplomats, including precocious commissioners.
The study by Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission, which runs into 7 volumes, was commissioned to look into overseas interference successful the country’s elections and antiauthoritarian processes including intra-party elections.
“Disinformation is besides utilized arsenic a retaliatory tactic, to punish decisions that tally contrary to a state’s interests. This whitethorn person been the lawsuit with a disinformation run that followed the Prime Minister’s announcement regarding suspected Indian engagement successful the sidesplitting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar (though again nary definitive nexus to a overseas authorities could beryllium proven),” it said.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Tuesday rejected the Canadian probe study identifying India arsenic the “second astir progressive country” (after China) engaging successful electoral overseas interference successful Canada, and said that successful fact, it was Canada which has been consistently interfering successful India’s interior affairs.
“We person seen a study astir alleged activities connected purported interference. It is successful information Canada which has been consistently interfering successful India’s interior affairs. This has besides created an situation for amerciable migration and organised transgression activities. We cull the report’s insinuations connected India and expect that the enactment strategy enabling amerciable migration volition not beryllium further countenanced,” MEA said successful an authoritative statement.
While the archetypal study successful May past twelvemonth had pointed to China arsenic the “most persistent and blase overseas interference menace to Canada,” the last study lays retired the ways successful which India has go the “second astir progressive state engaging successful electoral overseas interference successful Canada.”
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Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, who led the inquiry, wrote, “Like the PRC (People’s Republic of China), India conducts overseas interference done diplomatic officials successful Canada and done proxies”.
“A assemblage of quality indicates that proxy agents whitethorn have, and whitethorn proceed to be, clandestinely providing illicit fiscal enactment to assorted Canadian politicians successful an effort to unafraid the predetermination of pro-India candidates oregon summation power implicit candidates who instrumentality office.” “The quality does not needfully bespeak that the elected officials oregon candidates progressive were alert of the interference attempts, oregon that the attempts needfully succeeded,” she added.
The study names Russia, Pakistan, and Iran arsenic different countries considered overseas interference threats to Canada.
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