India is certainly not happy with Canada. The High Commissioner of Canada to India was summoned on Tuesday and informed of the Government of India's decision to expel a senior Canadian diplomat based in India. This was a reciprocal move from India’s end over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's charge that it played a role in the June killing of a Khalistani terrorist. Earlier, Canada expelled a senior Indian diplomat and accused India's hand behind the fatal shooting of the Khalistani leader. Now, the concerned Canadian diplomat has been asked to leave India within the next five days.
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00:00 India and Canada are certainly not happy with each other.
00:16 The High Commissioner of Canada to India was summoned on Tuesday.
00:21 They were informed of the Government of India's decision to expel a senior Canadian diplomat
00:25 based in India.
00:27 This was a reciprocal move from India's end over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
00:32 charge that it played a role in the June killing of a Khalistani terrorist.
00:37 Earlier, Canada expelled a senior Indian diplomat and accused India's hand behind the fatal
00:42 shooting of the Khalistani leader.
00:45 Now the concerned Canadian diplomat has been asked to leave India within the next five
00:50 days.
00:51 Trudeau said that his government had credible allegations linking Hardeep Singh Nijjar's
00:56 killing with the agents of the Government of India.
01:00 The Indian government rejected the allegation as absurd and motivated.
01:05 The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by
01:10 establishing an ethno-religious sovereign state called Khalistan and this movement is
01:16 very strong in Canada.
01:18 Canada has been among the favoured hubs of expat Sikhs.
01:21 The past few months saw multiple Khalistani activities in Canada including protests outside
01:27 the Indian embassy and threat posters for Indian diplomats.
01:31 This has caused much friction between the two nations.
01:35 Canada has even postponed a trade mission to India which was planned for October.
01:41 Amid the turmoil, the question arises that why Justin Trudeau refuses to strongly condemn
01:46 Khalistani activities in Canada?
01:49 Is it because the country is somewhat dependent on the Sikhs?
01:53 Sikhism in Canada has nearly 800,000 adherents who account for 2.1% of Canadian population
01:59 as of 2021 forming the country's fastest growing and fourth largest religious group.
02:06 The largest Sikh populations in Canada are found in Ontario followed by British Columbia
02:10 and Alberta.
02:11 Canada is the home to the largest national Sikh proportion in the world and also has
02:16 the second largest Sikh population in the world after India.
02:20 Needless to say a growing percentage of Sikhs contribute to Canada's economic growth in
02:25 some or the other form.
02:27 Canada's economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter at an annualised rate
02:32 of 0.2% and growth was most likely flat in July.
02:37 This result shows the probability of a recession in the coming months.
02:41 Also, rising inflation and historically high interest rates have triggered falling housing
02:46 investment.
02:47 The most impacted sector due to the economic crisis will be the employment sector.
02:51 While 2023 has been the year where large multinationals have cut millions of jobs, the most impacted
02:58 by job cuts are usually migrants or people who are on temporary visas.
03:04 The diplomatic strains between India and Canada are now threatening trade ties.
03:08 Talks on a proposed trade deal are now postponed.
03:11 Canada has given very few details for the impasse while India has cited certain political
03:15 developments as the reason behind the postponement.
03:19 According to Statistic Canada, bilateral trade in 2022 amounted to just $13.7 billion out
03:26 of Canada's total of $1.52 trillion.
03:31 In conclusion, 2023 has seen widespread declines in more than half of industries contributing
03:37 to the same GDP and if employment sees a further drop, it will likely be called a recession
03:42 in Canada.
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