On Saturday (23 September), United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen claimed that there was “shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners” that prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to publicly allege that there could possibly be a “potential” hyperlink of the federal government of India within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, Canadian media CTV reported.
Apparently, the US ambassador to Canada Cohen made the declare in an unique interview on CTV’s Question Period with Vassy Kapelos which can air on Sunday (24 September). The Canadian media report added that Cohen confirmed that the shared intelligence emboldened the Canadian Prime Minister to make these absurd allegations towards India on September 18 within the Canadian Parliament.
However, the report added that the US ambassador didn’t touch upon whether or not the intelligence shared with their Canadian counterparts was each human and surveillance-based, or whether or not it included alerts intelligence of Indian diplomats.
Regarding this, Cohen mentioned, “There was shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners that helped lead Canada to make the statements that the Prime Minister made.”
Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These nations have signed a joint treaty for joint cooperation in alerts intelligence.
Several studies in Western media together with CBC and The Associated Press had claimed that the intelligence Trudeau was talking of didn’t come from Canada alone. They acknowledged that extra data was offered by an unspecified member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. It was additionally speculated that the US was the almost definitely supply.
During the interview, US diplomat Cohen informed CTV’s Kapelos that there was “a lot of communication” between Canada and the US.
Further, the US ambassador additionally denied the Washington Post report that asserted that weeks earlier than Trudeau’s mischievous allegations towards India, Canada had requested its closest allies, together with the U.S. to publicly condemn the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Nijjar. The report had categorically emphasised that Trudeau’s transfer was rebuffed by Canada’s Western allies.
While stating that he doesn’t wish to touch upon non-public diplomatic conversations, Cohen claimed, “Look, I will say this was a matter of shared intelligence information.”
He added, “There was a lot of communication between Canada and the United States about this, and I think that’s as far as I’m comfortable going.”
Interestingly, the Canadian consultant chargeable for the province (British Columbia) the place the incident happened appears to have been stored in the dead of night concerning any of those developments.
Notably, yesterday, on Friday (22 September), two days after Justin Trudeau made the weird allegation, British Columbia Premier David Eby expressed frustration with the briefings by the Canadian intelligence company in reference to the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He mentioned that he was not given any data obtained from intelligence sources concerning the matter, and the data offered to him was within the public area on the Internet.
Regarding the supposed intelligence Canada needed to substantiate Trudeau’s allegations, Eby mentioned, “The only briefings I’m able to receive from the CSIS (Canadian intelligence agency) are open information briefings or open source briefings which is information that’s available to the public doing an internet search – Which I found frustrating.”
His presser had highlighted that Trudeau sparked a diplomatic standoff with India, based mostly on unfounded intelligence studies in regards to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, that are nonetheless underneath the purview of investigation by the Canadian Intelligence Agency (CSIS).
David Eby, who represents the New Democratic Party in Canada and is an ally of the Trudeau authorities, expressed frustration that the federal government was withholding details about the Khalistani terrorist.
He added that Trudeau reached out to him earlier than talking within the Parliament in regards to the matter. The Premier of British Columbia emphasised, “I expressed my frustration in the meeting with the CSIS director about our inability to get more concrete information.”
He additionally sought reforms with the Canadian Intelligence Agency in order that it may well share extra data with provincial leaders and never simply open supply, simply obtainable materials on the web.
