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There are “no longer clandestine activities oregon transnational repression taking place” successful Canada that are linked to the authorities of India, Canada’s constabulary main has said.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Mike Duheme made the comments during an interrogation with CTV News.
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“We’re not seeing immoderate transportation close present with immoderate overseas entity, based connected the transgression information, the investigations that we person presently,” helium said portion responding to a question whether “transnational repression by agents of India" was inactive a concern.
“I’m saying that based connected the totality of the files that we person connected overseas interference oregon transnational repression, what we person successful our holdings is we person radical that are intimidating people, harassing people, but connecting the dots to a overseas entity, careless of the country, we don’t person that," Mr. Duheme said successful the interrogation that would beryllium aired connected Sunday (March 15, 2026).
His comments came pursuing months of diplomatic tensions betwixt Canada and India.
In the past fewer months, India and Canada person taken respective steps to normalise their relations.
India-Canada ties deed stone bottommost pursuing then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations successful 2023 of a imaginable Indian nexus to the sidesplitting of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India dismissed Mr. Trudeau's accusation arsenic "absurd".
In October 2024, India recalled its precocious commissioner and 5 different diplomats aft Ottawa attempted to nexus them to the Nijjar case. India besides expelled an adjacent fig of Canadian diplomats.
However, Liberal Party person Mark Carney's triumph successful the parliamentary predetermination successful April past twelvemonth helped successful opening the process to reset relations.
Subsequently, some sides person already posted their precocious commissioners successful each other's capitals.
Mr. Carney visited India earlier this period during which the 2 sides sealed cardinal pacts connected supplies of Uranium and captious minerals and vowed to soon reason a broad economical concern agreement.
