Safety concerns in the Sikh community 91裸聊视频� and the need to 91裸聊视频減ut a chill on India91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� played into the choice to publicly reveal a possible link between India91裸聊视频檚 government and the killing of a Canadian, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview.

In September, Trudeau made the stunning revelation in the House of Commons that there was credible intelligence linking India91裸聊视频檚 government to the June 18 shooting death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C.

The Sikh community in B.C. had been worried about what could happen next, Trudeau said Monday in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press. The prime minister said the message he delivered in the House of Commons that day was intended as an extra 91裸聊视频渓evel of deterrence91裸聊视频� to keep Canadians safer.

The allegations worsened already strained relations between the Liberal government and that of India91裸聊视频檚 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has continued to deny any connection to the killing.

In the interview, Trudeau said his public statement came after weeks of 91裸聊视频渜uiet diplomacy91裸聊视频� that included raising the allegations with India at the highest levels.

That included a conversation Trudeau had with Modi at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, where the two met behind closed doors for 16 minutes.

91裸聊视频淲e knew it would be difficult conversations, but we also knew that this was an important moment for India to be demonstrating its leadership on the world stage with the G20,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said.

91裸聊视频淎nd we felt that we could use that as a constructive opportunity to work together.91裸聊视频�

Asked whether he felt those talks were constructive, Trudeau was blunt: 91裸聊视频淣o.91裸聊视频�

Trudeau said he decided to make the announcement Sept. 18 because he expected that information would be eventually leaked through the media. He wanted Canadians to know the government was on top of the situation.

The Globe and Mail broke the story shortly before Trudeau rose in the House.

91裸聊视频淭oo many Canadians were worried that they were vulnerable,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said in the interview this week, adding the Sikh community in B.C. had been raising concerns since shortly after Nijjar was killed.

91裸聊视频淲e felt that all the quiet diplomacy and all the measures that we put in 91裸聊视频� and ensured that our security services put in to keep people safe in the community 91裸聊视频� needed a further level of deterrence, perhaps of saying publicly and loudly that we know, or we have credible reasons to believe, that the Indian government was behind this,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淎nd therefore put a chill on them continuing or considering doing anything like this.91裸聊视频�

Trudeau also said Canada warned India that what it knew would eventually come out, and that while Ottawa had managed to keep things 91裸聊视频渙n a diplomatic level91裸聊视频� leading up to the G20 summit, it could not control much beyond that.

Trudeau also said he did not know whether it would come out through leaks, the public inquiry into foreign interference or because things had reached a threshold 91裸聊视频渋n which we had a duty to protect Canadians91裸聊视频� by going public.

Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 Sept. 18 announcement was met with immediate calls for evidence, not just from India, but also from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who told Trudeau to 91裸聊视频渃ome clean.91裸聊视频�

India responded by temporarily suspending its visa services in Canada and for Canadian citizens worldwide. Canada also removed most of its diplomatic presence from India after New Delhi threatened to strip diplomatic immunities from them and their families. Trudeau called a violation of the Vienna Convention.

91裸聊视频淭hey chose to attack us and undermine us with a scale of misinformation and disinformation in their media that was comical,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said.

91裸聊视频�(It) would have been more comical had it not had real implications for peoples91裸聊视频� lives and relations between our two countries that are so deep in terms of people to people ties, and people depending on the flow of connections between us.91裸聊视频�

India, which is the world91裸聊视频檚 most populous country, reacted differently when United States prosecutors alleged last month that an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City. The U.S. indictment pointed to a connection with the case of Nijjar.

Rather than issuing an outright denial, India agreed to strike a 91裸聊视频渉igh-level91裸聊视频� committee to look into the U.S. matter.

A spokesman for the Indian high commission in Ottawa pointed to remarks the country91裸聊视频檚 external affairs minister made in its parliament last week about how the U.S. had provided evidence and Canada did not.

91裸聊视频淚nsofar as the U.S. is concerned, certain inputs were given to us as part of our security co-operation with the United States,91裸聊视频� India91裸聊视频檚 External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said last Thursday in response to an MP91裸聊视频檚 question.

91裸聊视频淭hose inputs were of concern to us because they related to the nexus of organized crime, trafficking and other matters. So, because it has a bearing on our own national security, it was decided to institute an inquiry into the matter and an inquiry committee has been constituted.91裸聊视频�

In Canada91裸聊视频檚 case, Jaishankar said, 91裸聊视频渘o specific evidence or inputs were provided to us.91裸聊视频� He added: 91裸聊视频淪o the question of equitable treatment to two countries, one of whom has provided inputs and one of whom has not, does not arise.91裸聊视频�

In the interview, Trudeau said Canada intends to reveal evidence very much in the fashion the U.S. did when 91裸聊视频渨e reach those points in the investigation.91裸聊视频�

But he noted that U.S. authorities started their investigation into attempted murder earlier.

91裸聊视频淐anada is investigating a murder and there are different stakes involved in that and our justice system has different processes,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淏ut that is unfolding.91裸聊视频�

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