Report Trudeau Forced Into Meeting on Sikh Separatists ‘Not Accurate,’ Minister Says

Report Trudeau Forced Into Meeting on Sikh Separatists ‘Not Accurate,’ Minister Says
Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s federal minister of emergency preparedness, speaks to the audience during the Sikh Foundation Gala in Toronto on May 4, 2024. The Canadian Press/Arlyn McAdorey
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A media report is inaccurate that alleged India forced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into a meeting about Sikh separatists in 2018 by not allowing his plane to land in the Indian state of Punjab, says Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan.

The Globe and Mail recently reported, citing a source with direct knowledge, that Mr. Trudeau and then-Defence Minister Sajjan met with the Indian minister for Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, who handed them a dossier containing the names of about 10 Sikh separatists in Canada whose activities the Indian government wanted curtailed.