Impasse as Trudeau Fails With Assassination Claim

India denies claim, but not in private talks, say Canadian sources

By: John Elliott

Hardip Singh Nijar’s coffin

Careful diplomacy could have avoided the current crisis between Canada and India if the two countries’ proud and stubborn leaders had tried to compromise over the controversial assassination of an alleged Sikh terrorist in Vancouver. Instead, they let their personal differences, plus 20 years of clashes over th…