Ties between Canada and India have deteriorated further as the former has dismissed dozens of Indian staffers from service who were working at its diplomatic missions in India over the Indian regime’s plan to assassinate pro-Khalistani Sikhs on Canadian soil.
A spokesperson for the Canadian High Commission stated that the reduction in the number of Indian employees was required in light of the country’s shrinking Canadian workforce. “I can confirm that the Government of Canada has implemented some staff reductions across our network of missions in India,” the official said.
The spokesperson, however, said that the high commission expressed its sincere gratitude for the resilience, dedication, and service of its local staff in India.
Relations between Canada and India started deteriorating last year when tens of thousands of Canadian Sikhs voted for Khalistan Referendum in several Canadian cities on the call of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), led by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun who is a dual Canadian and US national.
The relations hit rock bottom when Indian assassinated SFJ and Khalistan Referendum’s Canada coordinator Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the Canada’s biggest Gurdwara in June 2023 and also tried to kill Pannun in New York.
After the murder of top Khalistani Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Colombia, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that India was behind Nijjar’s assassination, which prompted India to order 41 ambassadorial staff members of Canada to leave the country.
Last week, Trudeau had once against taken up the issue of the killing of Nijjar by the Indian intelligence agencies on Canadian soil last year and asserted that his government stood up to defend the rights and freedoms of all Canadians.
