Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in India for a four-day trip focused on repairing strained ties with Narendra Modi’s government.
- A senior Canadian official told reporters the government is confident Indian-backed extortion and violent threats in Canada have ceased, prompting pressure for clarification.
- Former security advisers and experts, including Vincent Rigby, Jody Thomas and Stephanie Carvin, questioned the claim and cautioned against downplaying intelligence.
- Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal denounced the background remark as inconsistent with assessments from national-security and law-enforcement agencies.
- Ottawa cites planned guardrails such as a foreign‑agent registry, newly agreed security and law‑enforcement liaison roles, and RCMP efforts to deepen cooperation with India’s National Investigation Agency.