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applegrove

(123,624 posts) Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:01 PM Feb 2018

Things heating up between Canada and India. Some serious diplomatic

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ninja stuff going on regarding the Liberal's relationship to Sikh Canadians. Jasmeet Singh, a Sikh, was just elected to the leadership of the New Democratic Party nationally. He refused to take a stand against a Sikh terrorist supporters when asked by the press a few months ago. Trudeau has many Sikhs in his cabinet and so both the Liberal's and NDP are jockeying for position to be favoured by the 500 thousand voting Sikh Canadians that make up 1.4% of Canada's population (At Issue Panel - CBC). Now Trudeau is visiting India and someone in his entourage invited a convicted attempted murderer of an Indian politician visiting canada and alleged public figure assaulter of sikh heritage in Canada to an event in India. How did this horrid Canadian get into India? He was on a blacklist/noflylist. Did India set Trudeau up as people in the Canadian government are suggesting? To embarrass Trudeau and the Liberal's or to put down the Sikhs in power in Canada? Trudeau did say on his trip to Washington to meet Obama that he "had more Sikhs in his cabinet than Modi did". This is knife in the back type diplomacy. This is ugly. Better it comes out into the open I guess.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/asia/extremist-scandal-trudeau-india-visit-intl/index.html

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Things heating up between Canada and India. Some serious diplomatic (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2018 OP

The border dispute... OneBlueDotBama Feb 2018 #1

LOL! applegrove Feb 2018 #3

My Apologies... OneBlueDotBama Feb 2018 #5

Nothing wrong with cutting the tension. I just hope the Liberal's and the NDP get applegrove Feb 2018 #6

Dealt with them all.... OneBlueDotBama Feb 2018 #7

Ujjal Dosanjh applegrove Feb 2018 #8

Who was beaten almost to death by the guy at trudeau's dinner Cedar_son Feb 2018 #9

There are no diplomatic norms in the USA until the entire GOP is gone RainCaster Feb 2018 #2

I know. And i don't like the way things are devolving. applegrove Feb 2018 #4

OneBlueDotBama

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1. The border dispute...

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Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:12 PM

Feb 2018

left a very bad taste in the mouth's of both sides, there were tanks involved.

Canada, India Sheepishly Resolve Border Dispute

OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Indian President Abdul Kalam held a subdued press conference in the Canadian Capitol building Monday to announce that the two nations have peacefully and sheepishly resolved a dispute over their common border.
"We are—well, I guess proud isn't the word—relieved, I suppose, to restore friendly relations with India after the regrettable dispute over the exact coordinates of our shared border," said Chrétien, who refused to meet reporters' eyes as he nervously crumpled his prepared statement. "The border that, er… Well, I guess it turns out that we don't share a border after all."

Chrétien then officially withdrew his country's demand that India hand over a 20-mile-wide stretch of land that was to have served as a demilitarized buffer zone between the two nations.

Tensions neared the flash point Sept. 20, when units of the Indian 77th Light Infantry and the Canadian 44th "Wild Geese" Armored Cavalry assembled and glared across the borders, in each other's directions, for several hours. Throughout the standoff, both nations rejected U.N. offers of counsel.

https://www.theonion.com/canada-india-sheepishly-resolve-border-dispute-1819567094

applegrove

(123,624 posts)

3. LOL!

Reply to OneBlueDotBama (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:17 PM

Feb 2018

OneBlueDotBama

(1,433 posts)

5. My Apologies...

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:22 PM

Feb 2018

I remembered the onion bit form years ago while reading your post, and well.

applegrove

(123,624 posts)

6. Nothing wrong with cutting the tension. I just hope the Liberal's and the NDP get

Reply to OneBlueDotBama (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:29 PM

Feb 2018

their respective acts together in regards to their stands on terrorism. Was not such a long time ago that Canadians faced separatists and separatist terrorists in Quebec. You've got to keep the two groups separate in your mind.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,433 posts)

7. Dealt with them all....

Reply to applegrove (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:55 PM

Feb 2018

The lower mainland of BC has dealt with Sikh terrorism as well and the Liberals & the NDP have fought hard for the last 20 years over ridings in South Vancouver and Surrey. Can't remember his name, but a BC NDP premier left the NDP to join the Liberal cabinet, as did Bob Rae from Ontario.