News Analysis
A series of allegations of foreign state-backed murder on Canadian soil, deteriorating relations with an Indo-Pacific nation of strategic importance to the West, and a multicultural society with unique characteristics and politics.
This tangled web of issues has caused alarm and elicited rhetoric from different sides, while also raising questions on what course of action our leaders should take in the diplomatic spat between India and Canada.
“I think we’re still awaiting much of this to unfold,” Peter MacKay, former Conservative foreign affairs minister, told The Epoch Times in an interview. “It’s highly complex.”
The Background
Men with turbans are a familiar sight in British Columbia’s farming communities, from the vegetable farms of the Lower Mainland to the orchards of the Okanagan. The long history of Sikhs in Canada has led to their widespread integration at all levels of society, from the agricultural sector to the upper tiers of public office….