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EPISODE · Sep 24, 2023 · 23 MIN

Will tensions with India derail Ottawa's Indo-Pacific Strategy?

from The West Block · host Global News / Curiouscast

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ignited a diplomatic firestorm with India when he announced that Canada had credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of Canadian citizen and Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has called Trudeau’s allegations “absurd” and accused Canada of being "a safe haven for terrorists". ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks to Arif Lalani, former Canadian diplomat and a Distinguished Fellow with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and Vina Nadjibulla, Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Plus, Stephenson speaks with Defence Minister Bill Blair about how the diplomatic rift is affecting the government’s Indo-Pacific strategy and Canada's ongoing commitment to Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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