Juno News - July 10, 2023


Justin Trudeau’s growing Khalistan Problem


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14 minutes

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162.7382

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2,283

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104


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00:00:00.000 I'm going to guess that most of you don't follow Indian media or read Indian news but if you do
00:00:12.400 you are no doubt aware of the worsening diplomatic battle between the Indian government and the
00:00:17.780 Canadian government. The war of words brewing between Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister
00:00:22.960 Narendra Modi. Although Canada-India relations have been miserable ever since Justin Trudeau
00:00:28.900 rocked up in New Delhi dressed as a 19th century Maharaja things have gotten much worse in just
00:00:35.060 the past few months. This is mainly because of growing aggression being displayed by Calistanis
00:00:40.260 toward the Indian government in Canada the United States and the United Kingdom. Calistanis are
00:00:45.900 Sikh Indians who advocate for a breakaway Sikh ethnostate in the Indian province of Punjab.
00:00:51.880 You're likely now asking yourself why you should care and why I'm talking about it right now.
00:00:57.220 Well it's time somebody calls out the undeniable reality that the liberal government and Justin
00:01:02.700 Trudeau in particular has very close ties to Calistani factions in Canada and is no doubt
00:01:08.560 pandering to these factions in order to secure electoral votes in Canada. In fact the Indian
00:01:14.420 government is making those direct accusations to Justin Trudeau as we speak accusing Trudeau of
00:01:20.420 being driven by what they call vote bank politics. Now the real question behind all of this is at what
00:01:26.200 point is Justin Trudeau willing to sacrifice Canada's reputation with the largest democracy
00:01:31.100 in the world just to stay in power in Canada? Well quite frankly it looks as though he's willing to go
00:01:36.400 all the way. Over the next 10 or 12 minutes we're going to dive into the backstory of what's been
00:01:40.880 driving this worsening diplomatic dispute over the past two months between Canada and India and we're
00:01:46.560 also going to get into Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh's close ties to Calistani factions in Canada.
00:01:53.160 Now this is receiving wall-to-wall coverage in India right now but is basically being blacked out
00:01:57.780 by Canadian media. So we're going to try and figure out what is going on. Drop a like in the video help
00:02:02.400 us out by subscribing to the TrueNearth YouTube channel and the comment question for the episode
00:02:06.120 is this. Is Justin Trudeau too close to Calisthenes in Canada? Let me know in the comments and let's get
00:02:14.020 into it. Here was the Indian External Affairs Minister last week taking a direct shot at Justin Trudeau and
00:02:19.560 the Canadian government for being soft on Calistani extremists in our country and for being captured
00:02:24.480 at what they call vote bank politics. Pandering to seeks in Canada for votes by not taking seriously the
00:02:31.440 issue of Calisthenes. Take a listen. How Canada has dealt with the Calistani issue has been a long-standing
00:02:39.560 concern because very frankly they seem to be driven by vote bank politics. And their, you know, responses
00:02:47.720 have all been, to the best of my understanding, actually constrained by what they regard as vote bank
00:02:59.560 compulsions on them. We made it very clear and I've done so sometimes even in public, which is that,
00:03:06.280 you know, if there are activities which are permitted from Canada which impinge on our sovereignty, territorial
00:03:15.720 integrity, on our security, then, I mean, we will have to respond. In response, here is Justin Trudeau
00:03:21.800 saying that India is wrong to make that accusation and that Canada has always taken seriously terrorism
00:03:27.800 and threats of terrorism in our country. Prime Minister, we've seen a parade float depict the
00:03:32.920 assassination of Indira Gandhi and posters calling on people to kill India. The Indian government says
00:03:39.160 you're being soft on Sikh extremism because you rely on votes from that community. How can you
00:03:44.120 demonstrate to them that they're wrong? They are wrong. Canada has always taken extremely seriously
00:03:51.240 violence and threats of violence. We've always taken serious action against terrorism and we always will.
00:03:57.240 We have an extremely diverse country and freedom of expression is something that we have, but we will
00:04:05.400 always make sure that we are pushing back against violence and extremism in all its forms. So what exactly is the
00:04:11.640 backstory here? What has been going on? Well, for weeks, posters have been circulating around Canada depicting the
00:04:18.120 Indian government as the killers of a man named Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar was a man on India's most wanted list and in
00:04:27.480 June, he was gunned down outside of his Gurdwara, a temple in Surrey, British Columbia. Nijjar was
00:04:33.960 allegedly the leader of the Calistan Tiger Force, a group that the Indian government has labeled as a
00:04:39.800 terrorist organization. Posters, however, are quite inflammatory. As you can see, it says kill India and
00:04:45.960 it also has the names and faces of the Toronto Consul General and the Indian High Commissioner accusing them
00:04:52.280 of being the killers of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Calistanis in Canada also believe that the
00:04:57.800 Indian government is behind the deaths of two other high profile and prominent Calistani leaders,
00:05:03.640 one in the United Kingdom and one in Pakistan. The three deaths of these Calistani leaders,
00:05:09.080 all of whom were on India's most wanted list, happened within a 45-day period raising suspicion.
00:05:15.320 Now, there is no evidence to state that India is behind the killing of either of these three men,
00:05:20.440 but if it is true that they are behind the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, well, that is a serious
00:05:25.480 issue. We can't just have foreign governments carrying out extrajudicial executions in our
00:05:31.000 country. It is just simply not on and if it is true, they should be held responsible. But it's also
00:05:36.120 possible that the Indian government has nothing to do with this. It could be that Hardeep Singh Nijjar
00:05:41.160 was wrapped up in gang violence. Last year, nine of British Columbia's 11 most wanted individuals
00:05:48.520 were in fact Punjabi. So it is possible that in fact, Nijjar was just wrapped up with the wrong
00:05:54.360 crowd. But since the deaths of these three individuals, Calisthenes in Canada, the United
00:05:59.080 States and the United Kingdom have significantly ramped up their aggression toward the Indian
00:06:03.720 government. And that is what brings us to where we are now. A few weeks ago, Calistani supporters set
00:06:09.240 fire to the Indian consulate in San Francisco. Just earlier, Calisthenes outside the Indian High
00:06:15.160 Commission in London tore down the Indian flag and raised the Calistani flag outside of the embassy.
00:06:22.760 And before these deaths, the Indian High Commission in Ottawa was attacked by a rowdy group of
00:06:27.400 Calisthenes. Indian media reports that these Calisthenes were using grenades outside of the Indian embassy,
00:06:33.160 while the Ottawa police are investigating smoke canisters being used. Trudeau has refused to condemn the
00:06:39.160 Kill India posters, but Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie did issue a formal condemnation.
00:06:46.280 On June 25th, a prior Calistan car rally was organized to disrupt a memorial for the Air India
00:06:54.440 bombing, the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history, carried out by a group of Calistani terrorists
00:07:01.320 led by a man named Talwinder Parmar. 329 passengers and crew were killed in this plane bombing.
00:07:09.000 And this Calistan car rally poster featured prominently the face of Talwinder Parmar,
00:07:15.240 the terrorist behind the Air India bombing. How respectful to show up to the Air India Memorial.
00:07:21.640 And just to top it all off, earlier in June, a parade float circulating around Brampton, Ontario,
00:07:27.480 proudly displayed a tableau of the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister,
00:07:33.880 in the 1980s carried out by Sikh bodyguards. Again, what a lovely image to depict about your cause.
00:07:41.320 Trudeau refused to condemn any of these incendiary images by Calisthenes supporters, citing the right
00:07:47.960 to freedom of expression, which is interesting because as you're all well aware, Justin Trudeau
00:07:53.240 couldn't give a tinker's damn when it involves freedom of expression for you and me.
00:07:57.720 You want to protest vaccine mandates here in Canada and do it in a peaceful way? No,
00:08:02.760 here's the emergencies act for you. In 2017, Justin Trudeau charged a Saskatchewan man for
00:08:09.080 uttering threats against Justin Trudeau on social media. It wasn't freedom of expression for that
00:08:14.120 Saskatchewan man to utter threats against Trudeau, but it's totally acceptable for people to label the
00:08:20.440 Indian Consul General in Toronto as the killer of a Sikh man in Surrey, British Columbia. That's some
00:08:27.880 freedom of expression for you right there, isn't it? And in December of 2020, Justin Trudeau weighed
00:08:33.480 into the ongoing Sikh farmer protest in India and said that Canada supports their right to freely protest.
00:08:41.080 Again, the hypocrisy is outrageous. It's as if Trudeau will do anything to maintain his support among
00:08:47.160 Sikhs in Canada, even if it means showing himself to be an utter hypocrite in front of the rest of us.
00:08:53.720 But we really have to dive deeper into Justin Trudeau's close ties with Calistani factions in Canada.
00:08:59.000 But during his disgraced trip to India, where he tried to dress up once again as an Indian Maharaja,
00:09:05.720 he decided to invite a convicted attempted murderer of a Punjabi minister in Canada to this Indian
00:09:13.720 state dinner. His name was Jasbal Atwal. Here he is taking a picture with Justin Trudeau's wife,
00:09:19.480 Sophie Trudeau, who herself also wanted to get in on the mix of dressing up like an Indian.
00:09:24.440 Of course, Trudeau didn't want to take any responsibility for the invitation to an Indian
00:09:29.400 state dinner on Indian soil of an attempted murderer of an Indian politician. Something that
00:09:35.160 is not discussed by many people and not known by many Canadians is that in 2014, before Justin Trudeau
00:09:41.160 became the prime minister, the nomination of Harjit Sajjan, the future defense minister and now
00:09:48.600 international development minister, caused uproar among the moderate Sikh population in British
00:09:53.720 Columbia, triggering the resignation of many Sikhs in the Liberal Party in the province. Harjit Sajjan is
00:10:02.680 accused of being backed by the World Sikh Organization, a group that openly advocates for Calistan. According to
00:10:10.200 the business standard in 2014, a Sikh moderate in British Columbia named Kashmir Dhaliwal said this
00:10:17.080 about Justin Trudeau. The Liberal Party, especially Justin, is in bed with extremist and fundamental
00:10:23.640 groups. That's why I decided to leave the Liberal Party. That was back in 2014, before he became prime
00:10:29.560 minister. But it gets even crazier. Despite Sikh extremists being behind the worst terrorist attack in
00:10:35.960 Canadian history, the Air India bombing, in 2019, Justin Trudeau quietly removed any reference to Sikh
00:10:42.680 extremism in the 2018 report on the terrorist threat to Canada. In this 2018 terrorist report threat to
00:10:51.640 Canada, there was a giant 2019 update in blue at the very top of this document. And take a look at this
00:10:58.200 update here. The government's communication of threats must be clear, concise, and cannot be perceived as
00:11:04.040 maligning any groups. As we continue this review, it is apparent that in outlining a threat, it must be
00:11:09.640 clearly linked to an ideology rather than a community. The government will carefully select
00:11:15.160 terminology that focuses on the intent of ideology. Going forward, the Government of Canada is committed
00:11:20.280 to applying a bias-free approach to the terminology used to describe any threats inspired by ideology or
00:11:26.520 groups. Now this is to say nothing at all over Jagmeet Singh, the man that is basically responsible for
00:11:32.520 keeping Justin Trudeau in power. The man propping up Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. Jagmeet Singh isn't
00:11:38.120 even allowed to enter India. They've banned him from entering India. He has since denounced Talwinder
00:11:44.520 Parmar and has accepted that he is responsible for the Air India bombing. But before that, before he made
00:11:50.280 that acceptance, he had denied that Talwinder Parmar was responsible for this bombing. Before Jagmeet Singh entered
00:11:56.680 politics, he was a part of the Sikh activist network, speaking at Calistani events in California and
00:12:02.840 London. According to their literature, the Sikh activist network, in their words, pledged to fight
00:12:09.080 the oppressive domination of the fascist Indian machinery. There's no doubt that Justin Trudeau and
00:12:16.040 Jagmeet Singh pander to the Sikh base. They are clearly a powerful voting bloc in this country. But the
00:12:23.160 reality is, why are we willing to threaten the relationship of a key ally in India just to make
00:12:29.480 sure that our leaders can stay in power? Is it really worth alienating India when we're dealing with a
00:12:35.240 very serious and growing threat of China? Furthermore, it's time our leaders got some courage and said what
00:12:40.840 needs to be said. These are sectarian battles that Canada has no obligation to host. When people come to
00:12:47.480 Canada, they need to realize that religious harmony is part of our society. We live amongst one another
00:12:53.880 with tolerance and respect. If you have an issue with your home government or your home country,
00:12:59.640 take it up with your home government or home country. Instead of pandering to ethnic groups for votes,
00:13:06.040 why can't our leaders stand up and say, actually, our reputation as a nation, as a reliable partner on the
00:13:12.840 world stage is more important than your sectarian gripe from a far away distant land? Violence from
00:13:19.960 any side should easily be condemned. The depiction of assassinations and murders of political leaders
00:13:26.920 should easily be condemned. We should not have to host these displays at the expense of our own
00:13:31.800 reputation. All it does is hurt Canadians. But as of right now, it looks as though things are only going
00:13:37.160 to get worse. Reminder to let me know in the comments your answer to the comment question. Is Justin Trudeau
00:13:42.600 too close to Calistani factions in Canada? All right, that's going to do it for us today on the show.
00:13:47.640 Thank you so much for tuning in. My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Rachio.