Late Tuesday, the U.S. vehemently denied the idea that it has been reluctant to speak publicly on Canada’s behalf amid allegations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Indian government participated in the extrajudicial killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
This was after a report in the Washington Post said Ottawa had tried and failed for weeks to get its allies to publicly condemn the murder.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a Canadian Sikh separatist activist (or a terrorist) who was shot dead in Vancouver.
Sikhs are a minority religion in India, less than 2% of the population. By contrast, 80% of India are Hindu. Most Sikhs are in Punjab, India. Outside of Punjab, Canada has the most Sikhs. Hindu nationalists have controlled the government of India for some time and never played well with others. Sikhs have been wanting to separate from the rest of India and form a country called Khalistan because of it.
In the 1970s and 1980s there was a crackdown on Sikh separatism and the Prime Minister of India ordered the raid of a sacred Sikh temple that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people. A pair of the Prime Minister’s Sikh bodyguards then assassinated him in retaliation. This sparked a religious war that saw the deaths of thousands. Hindus would raid the homes of known Sikhs, drag them out into the streets, and beat them to death.
Being a Sikh separatist in India is deadly, but Sikhs in Canada feel safe enough to voice their opinion. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a Canadian Sikh who was very vocal in his opinion and rallied other Canadian Sikhs behind him. India’s current government is Hindu nationalist and wants Canada to put these Sikhs in their place. They claim they are a terrorist group that Canada is harboring. Canada has always refused stating that there is no evidence of Sikh terrorism. However, the deadliest plane bombing before 9/11 was carried out by Sikh terrorists in Canada.
The India government claims Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a terrorist leader who got what was coming to him. The Canadian government claims the Indian government carried out a political assassination on Canadian soil.
There is a mother and baby in Vancouver that lost a father over this Khalistan horseshit and fanatics and that is where I draw the line. The guy should not have even been admitted, or at least vetted more carefully
My issue is foreigners assassinating people in Canada. I don’t give a shit what this guy may be accused of, we have laws in this country and if you have evidence of crime bring it to Canadian authorities and they deal with it. Foreign governments don’t get to decide guilt and punishment here. It’s a major provocation.
It’s definitely a case of foreign interference, we have a justice system and diplomatic relations to deal with this.
Right now the message that India sent is that it thinks Canada is unable to deal with its own affairs and humiliated them on the international scene, which is a big deal in diplomatic relations.
Having to assassinate people in other countries because you have not been able to quell minority unrest in your own country does not exactly put you in a position to criticize they way other countries manage there own affairs.
If Canada believes India was complicit in this crime, a good way to show that they can handle their shit is to to gather the evidence, present it to the global community, and hold India accountable.
I ultimately agree but I am deeply conflicted on the matter. I have a problem with the importation of geopolitical issues and players we have zero stake in leading to harm Canadians who did not ask or deserve any of it. And it never seems to affect the elite among us, the little people are always asked to suffer in their stead and on the altars of political correctness and cosmopolitanism.