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Jeet Singh
Saturday, October 14, 2023
routes, especially in Ontario, dependence on food banks for groceries are some of the observations of the young and freshly out-of-school Indians about the living standards for international students in present-day Canada. Indians comprise Continued on page 7
Trudeau reignites diplomatic row with India In a fresh provocation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on X that he has discussed India “and the importance of upholding — and respecting — the rule of law” with Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed, the President of the United Arab Emirates. In a post on Sunday, he said: “On the phone today, His Highness Mohammed Bin Zayed and I spoke about the current situation in Israel. We expressed our deep concern and discussed the need to protect civilian life. We also spoke about India and the importance of upholding — and respecting — the rule of law.” His comment comes amid a raging diplomatic fracas with India following Canada’s allegation that Indian officials are involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force and one of India’s most-wanted terrorists. India has strongly refuted the allegations.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar held a ‘secret’ meeting with Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly in Washington during his recent visit. Financial Times reported that the meeting was secret and Canada’s foreign ministry did not comment on this. During his US visit, Jaishankar met US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken and NSA Jake Sullivan and in both the meetings, the Canada issue came up, Jaishankar said. The report of a private meeting comes as India’s deadline to Canada to withdraw additional diplomats came to an end on October 10. The Financial Times report said Canadian diplomats Continued on page 6
Communist Party (CCP) were involved in the killing of separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada, an independent blogger, Jennifer Zeng, has said that China’s “purpose
was to frame India creating discord between India and the West”. She also alleged that it was a part of the CCP’s sinister “Ignition Plan” to disrupt the world in line with Xi Jinping’s military strategy regarding Taiwan.
Organisation representing Hindu parents, Dalit group celebrate veto of California’s anti-caste discrimination bill An organisation representing Hindu parents in California, eminent IndianAmericans and a Dalit advocacy group on Saturday welcomed the decision of
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India & Canada’s Foreign Ministers met secretly in Washington: Report
Independent blogger alleging China’s hand in Nijjar killing On 18 June 2023, Hardeep Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, was shot and killed in parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia. Alleging that the agents of the Chinese
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California Governor Gavin Newsom to veto the anti-caste discrimination bill, saying it was brought with the sole intention of “stereotyping the community”.
The governor vetoed the bill, which was recently passed by the state assembly, and said that laws to ban caste-based discrimination already exist in the state.
Canada’s health minister is touting Ottawa’s new $1.2-billion bilateral funding agreement with British Columbia as a new model for federal-provincial co-operation to address the health-care crisis across the country. Mark Holland said the deal focuses on finding answers to the challenges facing Canada’s health-care system instead of placing provincial and federal officials at odds over who’s in charge in each jurisdiction. “Look, I get that we want to think about jurisdiction and we want to protect jurisdiction,” Holland said at the signing of the deal with B.C. at Vancouver General Hospital on Tuesday. “But at the end of the day, health is health, and we all have a Continued on page 2