Disagreements are not easy to resolve.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personally accused India of being to blame for the shooting death of a Sikh man in Canada last June. Ottawa accused New Delhi of assassinating him. Ottawa expelled the Indian diplomat in charge of intelligence work at the Indian Embassy in Ottawa. New Delhi rejected all of Ottawa's accusations and retaliated by expelling a senior diplomat from the Canadian Embassy in New Delhi.

Earlier, Trudeau traveled to India to attend the G20 summit but unexpectedly decided to indefinitely suspend negotiations between Ottawa and New Delhi on a bilateral trade agreement.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The current situation makes it difficult to see prospects for India-Canada relations to improve or worsen anytime soon. This is because the disagreements are fundamental to both sides and are not easily resolved.

This issue concerns the large Sikh community in Canada, a significant voting bloc that Trudeau must win over. Sikhs in Canada are actively campaigning for the establishment of an independent state in India, and many Canadian Sikhs are considered terrorists by New Delhi. Trudeau argues for the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and peaceful protest to defend this community against New Delhi. New Delhi, however, claims that Ottawa tolerates and harbors Sikh organizations and individuals who are working against the Indian state. Such conflicting understandings and interests make reconciliation very difficult.

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