Minister says there’s ‘much more work to do’ with India after Canadian official says it is now not a risk

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Public Security Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there's nonetheless a variety of work to do on the India safety file — a day after a senior authorities official mentioned Ottawa now not believes the nation is linked to overseas interference and transnational repression.

"There are actually points round security and safety of Canadians that we proceed to interact in," Anandasangaree mentioned after an occasion close to Parliament Hill on Thursday morning.

The official, who was talking on the situation that they not be named as a part of a briefing to reporters prematurely of Prime Minister Mark Carney's commerce journey this week, mentioned repeatedly that it is the authorities's perception India has modified its methods.

"I believe let's imagine we're assured that that exercise shouldn't be persevering with," the official mentioned. "If we believed that the federal government of India was actively interfering within the Canadian democratic course of, we most likely wouldn't be taking this journey."

Anandasangaree, whose portfolio contains the RCMP and the Canadian Safety Intelligence Service (CSIS), stopped simply in need of disagreeing with that characterization

"What I am suggesting is that there is nonetheless much more work to do, and we'll try this work," he mentioned.

The official's feedback to reporters on Wednesday marked a stark departure from Canada's place from a few year-and-a-half in the past when the Trudeau authorities expelled six Indian diplomats after the RCMP had deemed them "individuals of curiosity."

Within the fall of 2024, RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme mentioned the Mounties had sturdy proof exhibiting the "highest ranges" of the Indian authorities had been concerned in orchestrating a marketing campaign of violence and intimidation on Canadian soil.

A yr earlier than that, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced Canada had proof linking Indian brokers to the killing of Canadian Sikh separatist chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

New Delhi has lengthy denied these allegations.

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Singh was an in depth collaborator of Nijjar.

And the January 20205 report from the overseas interference inquiry referred to as India the "second-most lively nation participating in electoral overseas interference in Canada" after China, elevating skepticism that India's overseas interference days are behind them.

"We now have actually had irritations over the variety of years, and they are going to be addressed by means of our channels regarding safety," Anandasangaree mentioned.

"Issues which are earlier than the courts will proceed to be litigated by means of the courts and determination will probably be addressed by means of the courtroom and never by means of political means."

Carney's journey comes as his authorities works to normalize relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who leads one of many largest economies on the earth.

The federal public security minister mentioned there are two tracks for coping with India.

"One is to make sure that we now have an financial engagement that the prime minister is main. However we will even have, at occasions, troublesome dialog round security and safety of Canadians," he mentioned.