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New Delhi:The office of Canadas opposition leader Pierre Poilievre has cancelled a Diwali celebration scheduled to take place at Parliament Hill amid the ongoing diplomatic standoff with India...
No explanation was given to the events organisersthe Overseas Friends of India Canada (OFIC)regarding the cancellation of the celebration, which was to be hosted by Conservative Member of Parliament Todd Doherty...
The OFIC president has also sought an apology from Poilievre for this insensitive and discriminatory act, pointing out that the issues between New Delhi and Ottawa while deeply concerning, should never have resulted in the unfair treatment of Canadians of Indian descent, who have had no connection with the government of India...
In the Diwali celebrations hosted in November 2023, Poilievre and the then High Commissioner of India to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma were among those who attended and addressed the gathering..
This celebration last year was held almost six weeks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first raised his credible allegations of officials from the government of India of having links with the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was designated as a terrorist by New Delhi...
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