With India trade talks on ice, Canada’s “focus” is on Nijjar probe: Minister

International Trade Minister Mary Ng said in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday that Canada’s “focus” is investigating the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar while trade talks with India remain on ice. Ng told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit that she’s reassured Canadians doing business in India will continue to have Ottawa’s support.

“Right now, the focus for Canada is to let the work of the investigation proceed. That’s really important because you’ve heard me and the government talk about how important it is that that investigation happens, given that we had a Canadian killed on Canadian soil,” she said.

“Canadian businesses… are continuing to do business in India and my job as the trade minister is to make sure that the supports and the tools that are there to support Canadian businesses and investors in India continue to be available to them, so that’s what we’re doing for now.”

Canada’s relations with India have soured in the wake of a public allegation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sept. 18 that Ottawa had “credible evidence” that agents of the Indian government may have been involved in Nijjar’s death. The Canadian-Sikh advocate was gunned down outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., in June.

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