Indian foreign ministry claims ‘security threats’ after Trudeau’s explosive allegation of state-sponsored killing mean it cannot provide visa services safely
India says it is indefinitely suspending visa services in all categories for all Canadian nationals due to “security threats” to its consulates, amid a furious diplomatic row between the two countries.
Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said they have suspended “all categories” of visas, including e-visas and for Canadian citizens applying from third countries.
And India has also moved to downsize the Canadian diplomatic presence in New Delhi, saying that Canada has more embassy workers in its capital than visa versa and that it wants to restore “parity”.
It comes after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” of the Indian state’s involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, triggering a furious tit-for-tat row.
Way to make everybody believe your government did actually murder somebody in Canada, Modi.
I don’t think anybody’s translated the expression “they doth protest too much” into Hindi.
Don’t you people understand how dangerous Canadians are, eh?!
/S obviously
They could bore you to death by apologizing for others’ mistakes!
"Canada and its growing reputation as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organised crime. And I think that’s a country that needs to worry about its international reputation”
Never thought I’d read a statement like that from someone who was serious.
Indian with it’s assassins and cult government…
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I suspect that’s why this is happening. India - like China and Russia - may view its diaspora as an indirect projection of its own power.
It’s not the same for Indians as it is for China. Indians tend to integrate well with western culture and I haven’t seen them bring their politics with them.
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That’s something I haven’t considered.
How? You think Indians move to other countries to make them more like India? Sure as hell isn’t the case with the ones I know.
I said India not Indians
Uh, so? That doesn’t change my question at all.
Well then no. The answer is no.
eh not so sure. China has explicitly tried very hard to portray the west as racist and crime ridden to ensure that their best and brightest who go to foreign schools come home. They then started setting up secret policing in Canada and the US when those efforts didn’t work well.
India has been doing the same, trying to claw back their own and limit the influence of their citizens abroad. Especially cuz those citizens are often educated and wealthy. Saw something in the US about how Indians are, overall, the wealthiest group since there are relatively few of them compared to other minorities, and they’re overwhelmingly in STEM or other lucrative fields.
Wow who would have thought, India is winning the North Korea speed run challenge.
Russia already won first place. But man, I was cheering for India for a while but this last year they are having me lose a substantial amount of goodwill towards them even after trying to find excuses. I hope they check themselves before its too late.
Sometime i think Modi studied from the same school where Xi Jinping and putin pass out.
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Modi didn’t go to school, he was too busy in boy scouts
Had to read the comments to figure out how in the world CANADA was managing to piss people off.
We don’t like foreign governments conducting assassinations of our citizens eh
Fair enough
So, Modi is a fascist. India has egg on their face.
Canada, now you lol
That’s what India wants…
They want to stop the brain drain their country is experiencing. If they outright forbid their citizens from emigrating, then they’re obviously the bad guys.
If they can make other countries stop Indians from immigrating, the. It Stokes the “us against the world” sentiment that far authoritarian goverments need to stay in power.
The absolute worst thing any country can do to India, is open up for refugees from there. People would be throwing out their Indian citizenship left and right
Canada is hurting right now by taking in so many immigrants, primarily from India. Many companies are using it to suppress wages. Its causing huge strain on housing were kids today will not own a home without assistance from a family member. Its baffling the amount of immigrants Canada is bringing in.
We need immigrants because there is not enough people to fill jobs.
It’s not just jobs, Canada is extremely underpopulated for its size. There’s literally more people in the state of California than all of Canada.
Canada has a higher population than California.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm
The majority of Canada isn’t populated due to extreme climate and miminal arable lands.
There’s people living in the artics and tundras of Canada. As far as arable land, you actually think the world’s second largest country by mass isn’t arable?
As far as population you are right though, their population did just recently surpass California.
Roughly 5% of Canada is arable.
https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/arable-land-percent-of-land-area-wb-data.html
Roughly 150,000 people live in the artic and tundra. The majority of them are indigenous. 0.003% of the population of Canada.
Weird since we have a ton of people with student debt and no jobs
Unemployment is at all time lows across Canada. Fuck off.
I’m not saying you’re wrong but I’d love to know why there are so many more homeless people and intersection beggars in my city than I’ve seen in almost 40 years, if that’s true.
This wasn’t meant to be related to the post we are commenting on, just a casual observation/question.
Edit: I ask a question and get downvotes. You people are fucking hopeless.
Unemployment and homelessness are not related.
The majority of Canada’s homeless population also work. The majority of Canada’s homeless population only spends a few months homeless.
The last 40 years you say?
(this is the US but we’re heavily influenced by them. I doubt ours is any different)
lol
Canada is hurting right now by taking in so many immigrants, primarily from India.
Canada, without immigration, has a replacement of 1.4. This means that for every 2 Canadian adults only 1.4 are produced. This is a NEGATIVE replacement rate. A rate of 2.1 is consider minimum viable.
Its baffling the amount of immigrants Canada is bringing in.
It really isn’t.
Without immigrants Canada would eventually cease to have a population and disappear as a nation.
Is India such a popular destination for Canadians ? I mean who is hurt more in this “he`s done it, so i pay back” game?
Something like 7% of Canada’s population is South Asian. I don’t know what percentage of that has Canadian citizenship and is specifically from India, but I’d guess there are a fair number of people who won’t be able to visit family now. It’s a shitty way to retaliate, but not unsurprising coming from Modi.
Well those who come from India they don’t need visa and second generation of original immigrants might not have such a tight relations on average as they have lived whole life in Canada. Then how many Canadians work in India in comparison to how many Indians work in Canada. I’m just guessing here but somehow I think Indians are hurting their own people. If it’s about tourism , then again who needs tourism more if we count only tourists from these two countries visiting each other.
Interesting. I do passport applications (granted, in the US, so not completely the same), but I see a fair amount of 2nd gen Indians who are going to India. Lots of people going for weddings or young adults visiting grandparents or taking their own babies to meet the extended family. Regardless, it’s super petty.
they hurt their own people in sense not Canadians in general. (Graparents won’t see their grandchildren etc)
it ain’t the white ones who are going, it’s the 2nd generation (or later) Indians in Canada who may have issues. “with us or against us, pick a side, otherwise you’re not going to visit Grandma”
Wow damn if we don’t somehow rescue the USA in our elections in 2024 these dictator countries have their eyes on taking over. Kinda obvious with the whole BRICS thing.
I’ve followed the headlines on this but I just don’t get it.
India is pissed they were called out? They didn’t consider a cranky Canadian outcome before hand? Or is Canada flinging wild accusations that are unjustified with the information at hand?
These diplomats need to chillax and go back to being diplomatic before legitimate Canadian expats in India and legitimate Indian expats in Canada start to feel the brunt of this.
There is strong evidence that hasn’t been released but leaked sources claim one of the two killers(captured) have ties to Indian Intelligence the other being an Indian diplomat(uncaptured). This means it’s a direct attack on a Canadian on Canadian soil by a foreign agent.
India is pissed because Canada harbored an alleged terrorist. Even though the terrorist in question was freed by the Indian government and was not wanted by Interpol.
The Indian government is currently genociding its Sikh population and calls anyone outspoken about these actions as terrorist.
This action of closing immigration from Canada is to get an equal reaction. India want to stop all of their skilled and intelligent people from leaving to Canada.
The Indian government is currently genociding its Sikh population
Uhhhhhh what?
Rest of your comment is fine but there’s no need for falsehoods like these.
They are arresting, beating and killing sikh separatists and anyone that speaks ill of the government.
That’s called stifling dissent, or repressing civil liberties.
Not a genocide. Words have meanings.
Aww india is hurt and throwing a tantrum like a 5 yr old :D
Given that Canada and the US are close allies, it seems bizarre that Modi would risk a diplomatic feud in North America, when India often tops the tables in terms of visa sponsorship in many western countries.
It’s horrible that I need to say this, but I have nothing against immigration, and frankly, I think it should be more commonplace between countries - but risking these ties could result in actions being taken against the thousands of people that build a career around emigrating to other countries in the West.
The thing with indians is they are probably being brain washed by russia.
India doesn’t need to be brainwashed by Russia. India brainwashes itself. In the World Press Freedom Index (2023), out of 180 countries, India ranks 161 while Russia ranks 164. Unfortunately, India’s rank has been dropping rapidly here. In 2021 for instance, the country ranked at 142. India is not the “free, democratic counterweight to China” that the west thinks it to be.
It’s over the top outrage to somehow try to deflect from that they probably did assassinate someone in Canada.
It’s so obvious they’re trying to sway and pressure Canada to drop this and not investigate it.
Now how are Canadians going to get executed
