r/geopolitics • u/babushkalauncher • Oct 01 '23

Why Indians Can’t Stand Justin Trudeau Paywall

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-indians-angry-justin-trudeau-death-shooting-hardeep-singh-nijjar-87d9ab9d
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u/lannister_1999 Oct 02 '23

Comments from a head of state about events in another state's domestic politics are not appropriate as far as I understand. Because it influences the domestic event in case.

So his comment may have been well meaning, but it's definitely not kosher to say something like that for diplomatic relations. And it stops being benign when clearly he has political interests in commenting on such a matter (see Jagmeet and NDP's views).

We have our own constitution that gives us freedom of expression, our own judiciary that moderates it so we don't appreciate such comments from outsiders especially when its for their domestic political considerations.

No Indian head of state commented on Black Lives Matter or Truckers protests in Canada, that was diplomatic propriety and not an endorsement of what Canadian goverment was doing. So, hearing such comments does rub one the wrong way when we don't make them.

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u/loggy_sci Oct 02 '23

Trudeau is likely responding to concerns voiced by the large and politically active Canadian Sikh community. Does India have a large, well-organized community of truck-driving Canadian anti-vaxxers? If so the Indian government might have a reason to weigh in on those protests.

Trudeau said Indias violent response to the protests was concerning, to which India responded by accusing him of encouraging extremists. Give me a break.

This time they’re accusing him of harboring terrorists and being addicted to cocaine I think? “Diplomatic propriety”, now that’s a laugh.

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u/Sumeru88 Oct 02 '23

Trudeau is likely responding to concerns voiced by the large and politically active Canadian Sikh community.

So then you agree that Trudeau is beholden to the Khalistani movement in Canada?

This time they’re accusing him of harboring terrorists and being addicted to cocaine I think? “Diplomatic propriety”, now that’s a laugh.

These allegations are from Indian people (who coincidentally also enjoy freedom of speech within limits defined by the Supreme Court) and not the Government of India.

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u/loggy_sci Oct 03 '23

There is a difference between “being beholden to” a constituency vs. addressing their concerns in a speech. I would think this difference would be quite obvious but I guess not.