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Canada holds ‘workshops’ for Indian officials on rule of law amid leaders’ spat

Tension remains after Trudeau accused India of helping to kill a B.C. Sikh community leader
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaks with senior Global Affairs Canada official, Weldon Epp before appearing at committee, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

As experts urge Canada to ease the strain after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of helping kill a Canadian, Ottawa is turning to the world of slideshows and flow charts.

Canadian officials are offering their Indian counterparts “workshops” on the rule of law — at least as Canada sees it — even as tensions over Sikh separatism flare up.

“How India defines extremism or even terrorism does not always compute in our legal system,” senior bureaucrat Weldon Epp told MPs this month.

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