“Trudeau Incompetent”: Canada Leader Who Wants To Restore Ties With India

New Delhi: 

The leader of Canada’s main opposition political party, lamenting Canada’s deteriorating ties with India, slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and said that he is considered a “laughing stock in India”. The party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, has vowed to restore a “professional relationship with India”.

Poilievre leads the largest opposition group in Canada’s House of Commons and currently holds a large lead over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in public opinion polls, though no election is expected until 2025.

In an interview with Nepalese media outlet Namaste Radio Toronto, Poilievre promised to restore a professional relationship with India if voted to power.

When asked about Canadian diplomats being asked to leave India, the 44-year-old said, “This is another example of how Justin Trudeau is not worth the cost after eight long years. He has turned Canadians against each other at home and he has blown up our relations abroad.”

“He is so incompetent and unprofessional that now we are in major disputes with every major power in the world, and that includes India,” he added.

41 Canadian diplomats were withdrawn from India last week as tensions flared after Trudeau suggested Indian agents might have been involved in the June murder of a Khalistani terrorist in Canada.

Canada has called for India to cooperate in the investigation but New Delhi has rejected the allegations and taken countermeasures, such as shutting down visa services for Canadians. Also, Canada is yet to provide any public evidence to support the claim about the killing of Nijjar.