Karma sometimes arrives early, and with delightful symmetry. Last winter, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was cheering Punjab farm protests while rich middlemen in tractors violently laid siege on Delhi, assaulting hundreds of policemen and vandalising places and symbols of national pride.

Trudeau was busy scoring cheap points with his Punjabi vote bank, a large section of which support Khalistani separatism and extremism.

On Saturday, Trudeau and his family had to be moved to a secret location when thousands of angry truckers swooped down on capital Ottawa with their giant rigs. They are protesting against Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates required to cross the United States border.

The alikeness with the Red Fort violence on 2021 Republic Day is unsettling.

The Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ is being accused of dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and desecrating the National War Memorial.

The parallel doesn’t end there. Pro-Khalistan Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal has been opposing the truckers’ strike but his brother-in-law Jodhveer Dhaliwal has apparently donated $13,000 to the Freedom Convoy.

A number of south Asians, including Sikhs, are part of the protest too.

During the highway blocking, often-violent farm protests, Trudeau had said: “The situation is concerning. And we are all worried about family and friends. Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest. We believe in the importance of dialogue.”

India should return the favour now. It could issue a statement in support of the protesting truckers. In diplomacy, you must drive up the cost for your opponent to act against you.

India must say how concerned we are with the situation in Canada. That we defend the right of the truckers to protest peacefully. And that we hope that Trudeau will enter into meaningful negotiations with an attitude of respect for freedom. human rights and dignity.

Trudeau is a repeat offender when it comes to giving safe sanctuary to Khalistani extremists and pandering to them. In fact, quite a few colleagues in his government are Khalistan sympathisers.

https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-india-must-support-protesting-canadian-truckers-against-justin-trudeau-10333291.html

DINGUCHA, India (Reuters) - Relatives and neighbours of the Indian family who froze to death near the US-Canada border last week said the father repeatedly failed to secure better paid jobs in recent years, prompting them to take a risky trip aided by an illegal migrant network.

The deaths amid sub-zero temperatures, described as a "mind blowing" tragedy by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have cast a spotlight on the economic pressures and human smuggling operations in Indian premier Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat.

https://news.yahoo.com/indian-village-mourns-family-froze-142507509.html

Anita Anand and Mélanie Joly’s appointments as ministers of national defence and foreign affairs presents Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with an opportunity to define Canadian interests in the Indo-Pacific. Now is the time for Canada to enhance its strategic partnership with India.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-canada-and-india-must-forge-deeper-partnerships-to-counter-shared-threats

The formation of the CHCC was welcomed by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a message to the organisers delivered at the inauguration of the Chamber.

A group of entrepreneurs have joined together to form a new organisation, Canadian Hindu Chamber of Commerce (CHCC), which is aimed at the “unification of Canadian Hindus and their economic interests”.

The formation of the CHCC was welcomed by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a message to the organisers delivered at the inauguration of the Chamber.

In his message, read out by Liberal Party MP Chandra Arya, Trudeau said, “The Hindu community has made important contributions to the Canadian business landscape and I’m sure the Chamber of Commerce will become an indispensable forum for representation, development and improvement.”

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/entrepreneurs-set-up-canadian-hindu-chamber-of-commerce-101642236673053.html