Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he decided to reveal an imaginable link between the Indian government and the killing of a Canadian to “cool down” India amid Sikh community considerations about security.
In September, Trudeau told the House of Commons there was credible intelligence linking India to the June 18 shooting death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the parking lot of his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C.
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Trudeau said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press that the somber message he delivered publicly that day was intended to provide an additional “layer of deterrence” to keep Canadians safe.
The Indian continues to deny any connection to this murder.
Trudeau said British Columbia’s Sikh network was concerned about what might happen next and that its audience came here after “quiet diplomacy” that included raising the accusations against India at the highest levels.
He said he also hoped the data would be published in the media and that he wanted Canadians to hear directly from him that the government was under control.
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