Ottawa has been told by New Delhi that it must repatriate roughly 40 diplomats by October 10, as the fallout from the murder of a Canadian Sikh continues.
| India has told Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomats from the country, in an escalation of the crisis that erupted when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New Delhi may have been linked to the murder of a Canadian Sikh.
One person said Canada had 62 diplomats in India and that New Delhi had told them to reduce that by 41 people.New Delhi already announced a visa ban for Canadians the day after Mr Trudeau made his bombshell claim on September 18. The diplomacy included two trips by Canadian national security adviser Jody Thomas to India to discuss the issue ahead of the G20 in New Delhi in September. India did not admit involvement in the murder, but did not deny the claim, according to people familiar with the meetings.The murder was also the focus of Mr Trudeau’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20, when the Indian side flatly refused a request for co-operation.
The constraints meant Ms Thomas and other officials who visited India, including Canadian Security Intelligence Service head David Vigneault, had only been able to present the evidence orally to their Indian counterparts.The stand-off with India is a problem for Mr Trudeau, whose popularity is waning during a cost-of-living crisis as his Liberal party gears up for elections due before October 2025.
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