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Canada puts Indian diplomats on notice after expulsion of high commissioner over Sikh activist's killing

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The current diplomatic tensions between Canada and India have reached a boiling point following the expulsion of India's high commissioner and five other diplomats. Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has issued a stern warning to remaining Indian diplomats, cautioning them against putting Canadian lives at risk. This move comes in response to allegations of Indian diplomats being linked to various crimes, including homicides and death threats, by Canada's national police force.

    1. We can put this to bed, it's rapidly devolving into some McCarthy witch-hunt as a result of the prime minister's actions and we can clear this up today by releasing the names.
    1. They are clearly on notice. Six of them have been expelled including the high commissioner in Ottawa. Others were mainly from Toronto and Vancouver and clearly we won't tolerate any diplomats that are in contravention of the Vienna convention.
    2. We've never seen that in our history. That level of transnational repression cannot happen on Canadian soil. We've seen it elsewhere in Europe. Russia has done that in Germany and the UK and we needed to stand firm on this issue.
    1. The RCMP made a point that they were doing this because some individuals in Canada had their lives directly in danger and the threat reached such a level they felt compelled to ignore the traditional way of going through the judicial process and make these accusations public.
Canada puts Indian diplomats on notice after expulsion of high commissioner over Sikh activist's killing