The De Facto Rupturing Of Indian-Canadian Ties Has The US’ Fingerprints All Over It
Andrew Korybko
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The ball is in the US’ court when it comes to the future of ties with India.
Indian-Canadian ties were toxified in late September 2023 after Trudeau accused that country of assassinating a Delhi-designated terrorist-separatist with dual citizenship on its soil earlier that summer. India denied the allegations and briefly suspended visas for Canadian citizens.
The US then leveled its own similar accusations against India, which greatly harmed mutual trust, but India has thus far managed this dispute much better than the one with Canada. Here are five background briefings:
■ 19 September 2023: “There’s A Lot More To The Indian-Canadian Dispute Than An Alleged Assassination”
■ 1 October 2023: “India’s Top Diplomat Shared Some Dark Truths About Canada”
■ 23 November 2023: “India’s Honeymoon With The West Might Finally Be Over”
■ 2 May 2024: “WaPo’s Indian Assassination Article Is A Shot Across The Bow By American Intel”
■ 23 September 2024: “The US Is Playing A Game Of Good Cop, Bad Cop Against India”
The latest development on this front was India expelling six Canadian diplomats, including the High Commissioner, after Trudeau accused the Indian High Commissioner and others of direct involvement in summer 2023’s assassination despite continuing to withhold any evidence in support of this claim. Trudeau subsequently said that Canada received proof about their alleged involvement from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance that’s led by the US.