At a hearing on election meddling, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brings up the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The death of a Khalistani Sikh separatist on Canadian land last year has been brought up by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, who said that his administration took action to protect the liberties and rights of all citizens.

Trudeau also claimed that the previous administration was “cosy” with the Indian government when appearing on Wednesday at a well-known public investigation investigating foreign meddling in Canada’s election process.

According to the live-streaming recordings posted by local media, he made the comments when asked what his administration did after obtaining intelligence information on foreign information during the 2019 and 2021 elections.

Following Trudeau’s claims in September of a “possible” Indian agent role in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder outside a gurdwara in Surrey City on June 18, last year, relations between India and Canada became tense.

India, which branded Nijjar a terrorist in 2020, vehemently disagreed with Trudeau’s accusations, calling them “absurd” and “motivated.” Throughout his evidence, Trudeau discussed the function of the National Security and Intelligence Advisor, how he received intelligence inputs, and his actions in response, including his handling of information concerning the influence of China on Chinese Canadians.

Three months after the 2019 elections, Trudeau made the following statement regarding an intelligence report: “Our government’s commitment to defending Canadians’ rights and freedoms, for which so many people have crossed oceans and continents, demonstrates the principle that anyone who comes to Canada from anywhere in the world has all the rights of a Canadian to be free from extortion, coercion and interference from a country that they left behind.” He also mentioned how we have stood up for Canadians, including in the very serious case that I brought forward to Parliament regarding the killing of Nijjar.