As experts urge Canada to ease the strain after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of helping kill a Canadian, Ottawa is turning to the world of slideshows and flow charts.

Canadian officials are offering their Indian counterparts 91裸聊视频渨orkshops91裸聊视频� on the rule of law 91裸聊视频� at least as Canada sees it 91裸聊视频� even as tensions over Sikh separatism flare up.

91裸聊视频淗ow India defines extremism or even terrorism does not always compute in our legal system,91裸聊视频� senior bureaucrat Weldon Epp told MPs this month.

91裸聊视频淛ustice Canada has 91裸聊视频� and the RCMP in the past 91裸聊视频� done, effectively, workshops with the Indian government, to explain what our standards legally would be.91裸聊视频�

Last June, Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., and his supporters quickly blamed India.

He, like some others in Canada91裸聊视频檚 large Sikh population, was an advocate for the creation of a sovereign state called Khalistan.

In September came Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 bombshell revelation that Canadian intelligence agencies were 91裸聊视频減ursuing credible allegations of a potential link91裸聊视频� between India91裸聊视频檚 government and Nijjar91裸聊视频檚 death.

Canadian officials have since called for better co-operation from Indian counterparts 91裸聊视频� who charge Canada is providing little evidence.

Epp, who oversees Canada91裸聊视频檚 diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific, testified at a parliamentary committee this month that little more will emerge until the RCMP is poised to lay charges.

In November, U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment alleging an Indian diplomat engaged in conspiracy to order the assassination of another Sikh separatist. The plot was foiled, but American authorities said they found evidence of plans to assassinate Canadians including Nijjar.

Canada has had 91裸聊视频渓ong-standing exchanges91裸聊视频� with India on counter-terrorism concerns, Epp said, but what New Delhi considers Khalistan extremism doesn91裸聊视频檛 always meet the Canadian bar.

For example, Canada opted twice against extraditing Nijjar to India in the past decade over claims he had a role in a cinema bombing and an alleged terrorist camp.

Since Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 accusation, India caused Canada91裸聊视频檚 diplomatic presence to thin and temporarily stopped processing visas for Canadians, with Canada halting trade talks. Heightening tensions yet more, a foreign interference inquiry in Canada listed India as a potential source of meddling.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been more loudly urging Canada to get tough on Sikh separatism, said Sushant Singh, a senior researcher with the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a backdrop, political and ideological, within the context of which the behaviour of the Indian government should be seen and analyzed,91裸聊视频� he said.

Members of Modi91裸聊视频檚 own inner circle, including his national-security adviser, were shaped by waves of violence between separatist mobs and the Indian government in the 91裸聊视频�80s, Singh said.

In Canada, some temples have openly venerated people connected with acts of violence like the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight.

But Canada insists it won91裸聊视频檛 rein in free speech.

Singh said Modi wants to send a message that India can91裸聊视频檛 be pushed around internationally, even as he consolidates power at home by clamping down on free expression and religious minorities.

91裸聊视频淗e wants to be seen as a strongman,91裸聊视频� Singh said, especially ahead of a spring election.

91裸聊视频淚t is extremely unlikely that he will walk back or be apologetic about whatever has happened91裸聊视频� in the Nijjar case.

If anything, part of Modi91裸聊视频檚 Hindu nationalist base supports extraterritorial assassinations.

Other Indian diplomats have been accused of conduct that runs afoul of international agreements.

In 2020, Germany convicted an Indian diplomat for spying on people advocating for Sikh and Kashmiri causes. Similar cases in the U.S. and the U.K. did not lead to prosecutions.

Still, as Canada91裸聊视频檚 allies suggest Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 allegations have merit, there has been 91裸聊视频渁 significant walk-back on India91裸聊视频檚 part,91裸聊视频� Singh said.

New Delhi shifted from outright denial to saying extrajudicial killings are not state policy.

91裸聊视频淚t actually showed that they may be worried,91裸聊视频� he said, adding India may ultimately decide to blame the homicide on rogue elements 91裸聊视频� and, if enough pressure mounts, signal new checks and balance for intelligence agencies operating abroad.

In that context, if Ottawa is offering workshops on the rule of law, that should be seen as an attempt at constructive help rather than trying to 91裸聊视频渂rowbeat91裸聊视频� or 91裸聊视频渆mbarrass91裸聊视频� India, said Singh.

Vijay Sappani, a fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said it91裸聊视频檚 time for both sides to work toward restoring diplomatic and trade ties.

They have much in common, he said 91裸聊视频� on nuclear energy collaboration, Commonwealth values and diaspora ties. Trade opportunities are rich: India prizes uranium, lentils and potash from Saskatchewan.

91裸聊视频淐anada is the closest to India in the Western world,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭he fact that we have these fights going on now doesn91裸聊视频檛 make sense.91裸聊视频�

Sappani said the Liberals struck the right tone after the Nijjar revelation by pledging to hold further diplomatic conversations with India in private. Trying to score points with public denunciation only drives a wedge, he said.

For meaningful progress, he said, India will want 91裸聊视频渁 long-term solution on the glorification of Khalistani terrorists in Canada91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� and for the Liberal government to stop hiding behind free speech, as Indian politicians have accused.

Political posturing around Sikh issues to attract votes is a tactic for all political parties at all levels of government in Canada, Sappani said.

91裸聊视频淲hat really bugs India is that the level of political, partisanship involvement by Canadians on issues related to India is very high.91裸聊视频�

The prime minister should avoid unnecessarily needling India, Sappani added, as some of his comments have damaged Canada91裸聊视频檚 reputation despite having little impact.

He listed examples like Trudeau saying his cabinet has more Sikhs than Modi91裸聊视频檚, or criticizing the Indian government91裸聊视频檚 response to farmers91裸聊视频� protests.

91裸聊视频淭he biggest challenge I think Trudeau may be facing in India is its perception, more than reality of what91裸聊视频檚 happening.91裸聊视频�

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press