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India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada

Nov. 02, 2024 09:45 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.” Relations between the two countries...

Canada alleges Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered campaign targeting Sikh separatists

Oct. 29, 2024 23:01 PM EDT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian official alleged Tuesday that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison told Parliament members of...

Canadian opposition party says it wants to topple Trudeau's government in Parliament

Oct. 29, 2024 14:42 PM EDT

MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec (AP) — A Quebec nationalist party said Tuesday it will work with other opposition parties in Canada's Parliament to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau' s minority government. Trudeau’s Liberals have only 153 seats in the 338-seat House of Commons and...

Canada will reduce immigration targets as Trudeau acknowledges his policy failed

Oct. 24, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants it allows into the country after acknowledging that his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pandemic. Trudeau's Liberal government...

Canada's Trudeau vows to lead his Liberal Party into the next election

Oct. 24, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that he will lead his Liberal Party into the next election, dismissing a request by some party members to not run for a fourth term. Trudeau met with his Liberal members of Parliament for three hours Wednesday,...

Some Liberal lawmakers ask Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to run for a fourth term

Oct. 23, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Some lawmakers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's own Liberal Party asked the leader not to run for a fourth term Wednesday, handing him one of the biggest tests of his political career. A smiling Trudeau said Liberals are “strong and united” after meeting with...

Canadian Cabinet voices support for Trudeau as some Liberals prepare to confront him

Oct. 22, 2024 20:21 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's deputy prime minister said she believes Justin Trudeau has the support of a majority of Liberals in Parliament as some prepare to confront him Wednesday in the hopes of convincing him to step down. Chrystia Freeland and other Cabinet members voiced support...

Expelled Indian high commissioner denies involvement in murder of Sikh leader in Canada

Oct. 20, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — India’s high commissioner to Canada has denied any involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader who was killed in British Columbia last year even though the Canadian government has named him as a person of interest in the assassination. ...

Canada's foreign minister says India's remaining diplomats are on notice not to harm Canadians

Oct. 18, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister said Friday that India’s remaining diplomats in the country are “clearly on notice” not to endanger Canadian lives after New Delhi’s top envoy in Canada was named a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist. ...

Indian government employee charged in foiled murder-for-hire plot in New York City

Oct. 17, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Thursday against an Indian government employee who specialized in intelligence in connection with a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader living in New York City. Vikash Yadav, 39, faces murder-for-hire...