NEW DELHI: Canada Top Minister on Sunday confident the Sikh population that the rustic is at all times there to give protection to their rights and autonomy in any respect value, as he walked as much as deal with the population in Toronto amid rowdy pro-Khalistan chants.Talking to the Sikhs at the year of Khalsa Era, Trudeau hailed Canada’s variety and mentioned, “One of Canada’s greatest strengths is its diversity.We are strong not in spite of our differences, but because of our differences; but even as we look at these differences, we have to remember, and get reminded on days such as this, and every day, that Sikh values are Canadian values.””To the nearly 800,000 Canadians of Sikh heritage across this country, we will always be there to protect your rights and your freedoms, and we will always defend your community against hatred and discrimination,” he added.The Canadian PM additionally mentioned that the rustic could also be running upon bettering the protection and infrastructure programmes via including extra safety at population centres and parks of devotion, together with Gurudwaras.””I do know a lot of you’ve family members that you need to look extra ceaselessly, for this reason our executive has negotiated a pristine oath with Bharat so as to add extra flights, and extra routes between our international locations, and we can book running with our opposite numbers so as to add much more flights, together with to Amritsar,” he further said.Reportedly, Many Khalistani supporters were also present in the crowd and chanted pro-Khalistan slogans as he delivered his speech.Thousands of Sikhs flocked to downtown Toronto on Khalsa day for one of the biggest yearly gatherings in the city.It is notable that Trudeau’s remarks come at a time when the diplomatic relations between India and Canada is going through a difficult phase. The killing of India-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, sparked a row between India and Canada.The killing led to accusations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the government of India had a hand in the killing — a claim that was denied by India and led to the deterioration of diplomatic ties between Canada and India.In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made allegations of Indian involvement in Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil. India had, however, rejected the allegations, calling them “absurd and determined.”In line with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, Canada has no longer been ready to provide any proof to again its claims over the killing.
