In an interview with Namaste Radio Toronto, Conservative Party chief Pierre Poilievre
said that Justin Trudeau is 'not worth the cost' of bad ties with India.
In interview with Namaste Radio Toronto, Canadian oppn leader Pierre Poilievre said will restore professional ties with India if elected to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau, who does his best to indulge critics by embarrassing himself every now and then, outdid himself by vexing India, without a shred of evidence to back his claim.
This comes hours after Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced that Ottawa has withdrawn 41 diplomats and 42 dependents following an ultimatum by India.
Canada also conspicuous by its absence in joint statement issued by some Western countries — US, France, Germany, Italy, and UK — that expressed solidarity with Israel and denounced Hamas.
India has repeatedly sought ‘parity’ with Canada in diplomatic presence amid ongoing row. Ottawa is now warning citizens travelling to India to ‘exercise high degree of caution’.
Reports said govt set 10 October deadline for 41 Canadian diplomats to leave India as part of process to achieve diplomatic parity, but it is learnt that there is no such deadline.
MEA spokesperson Bagchi says 'given Canada's continuing interference in India's internal affairs, talks are ongoing on modalities of achieving parity in diplomatic presence'.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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