Travel in India: Trudeau under fire from the opposition in the House of commons

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Tuesday, 27-feb-2018 15:14

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OTTAWA – The prime minister Justin Trudeau has dodged the questions of the opposition on his trip to India on the invitation sent to a former sikh extremist, Tuesday, in his return to the House of commons.

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The leader of the conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, has repeatedly asked the prime minister on the invitation sent to Jaspal Atwal, a former extremist who has already tried to assassinate a minister of india in 1986 in British Columbia. Mr. Atwal had been caught in a photo with the wife of Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, on Tuesday last, in addition to being invited to a dinner on Thursday in Delhi.

“This man should never have been invited, and, as soon as we became aware, his invitation has been withdrawn. We have full confidence in our security agencies and the police, who are not partisan”, merely to meet the prime minister on several occasions.

The public Safety minister, Ralph Goodale, then took the relay, repeating the same line.

The prime minister has also tried to put before the economic record of his journey to India, recalling that it had generated investment, as answers to the questions of the opposition.

Conspiracy theory

Last week, the Trudeau government had first explained that a liberal mp was responsible for the invitation, before discussing as responsible indians could be behind the invitation of the former sikh terrorist. The prime minister has not responded to questions about this “conspiracy theory” on Tuesday.

“We can no longer believe the prime minister. He refuses to take his responsibilities. Invent a conspiracy theory aimed at an ally to save face, it boggles the mind. If he has evidence that he drop them here”, has launched the conservative mp Alain Rayes.

The official opposition has sought to know if the government has indeed refused to submit the list of guests at the dinner in Delhi when India has made the request, such as the media have reported it.

Minister Goodale was, however, merely to reply that the mission of the prime minister has long been prepared and that the security agencies had all the latitude to share the information or not.