Too late to smile.

Following the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, "India accuses Canada of coddling terrorists who plot and incite violence against India, while Canada accuses India of murdering a Canadian citizen," wrote Terry Milewski. "As it stands, Canada's PM Justine Trudeau has not proved his claim," and "Already the polls suggest he would lose an election if it were held tomorrow." "The Trudeau Liberals have been plummeting in the opinion polls and Trudeau's minority government is beholden to Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats," wrote Terry Galvin. "Trudeau has also been under intense scrutiny in recent months owing to his close affinities with Beijing's agents of influence in Canada, whose involvement in election-interference operations during the 2019 and 2021 federal elections is now suddenly overshadowed by the spectre of alleged India government 'assassins'." In short, both Canadians are accusing Trudeau of cooking up allegations against India to improve his election prospects. The Times of India has printed them in full to prove its patriotism but will it dare to print anything similar about India's Dear Leader. That is the essential difference between a democracy with freedom of speech and a quasi fascist state. However, Trudeau has not cooked up anything. "American spy agencies provided information to Ottawa after the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in the Vancouver area, but Canada developed the most definitive intelligence that led it to accuse India of orchestrating the plot, according to Western allied officials." NYT. And, "US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen has claimed that 'shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners' had informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistan separatist." HT. Also, "The Biden administration has thrown its weight behind Canada's allegation that India is behind the assassination...virtually demanding that New Delhi work with Ottawa on an investigation despite Canada not presenting any evidence to make its case." TOI. Curious that the Indian government is not calling the US "absurd and motivated" and the hysterical media does not describe Biden as a terrorist-lover. Despite "agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) visited Khalistani elements in the US and warned them that their lives may be at risk, according to a report by the Intercept." India Today. What more proof do you need? In fact, educated Indians have been quietly gloating over the killings of several Khalistanis in Pakistan and proudly comparing India's Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) (wikipedia) to Israel's celebrated Mossad. Western intelligence agencies must have been aware of the killings but kept silent because of Pakistan's use of terror against India (wikipedia). When Mossad killed a Hamas militant in Dubai in 2010, "Paris, London and Dublin all demanded explanations from Israel on why passport details of their citizens had been used by the suspected hit squad." Countries got Interpol to issue Red Corner notices on all agents seen in CCTV footage. This unpleasant situation could have been settled by telling Trudeau that India is a peaceful nation of Mahatma Gandhi and we will investigate all allegations strenuously. Smile, drag it out and people would forget. But, of course, this government doesn't do smiles. Its first reflex is to reach for a knuckleduster. Now it's too late.