LETTER: History will prove Trudeau right in Surrey gurdwara president’s murder
Published 7:00 am Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Editor,
The federal government’s move asking the courts to withhold sensitive information in the high-profile trial against those accused of assassinating the Surrey-Delta gurdwara president only exposes the Indian government.
We don’t need any rocket science to understand the intention of the federal government behind this when it asks for holding back any information which might be “injurious to international relations.”
Considering that the Prime Minister Mark Carney is cosying up with India, the statement is very much obvious.
After all, his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, had told the House of Commons in no uncertain terms that there is credible information that Indian agents could be behind the 2023 murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. This had ruptured the relations between the two countries. India not only kept on denying any involvement but has been asking for more evidence.
While four Indians are facing trial, the federal government under Trudeau’s successor is asking the court to withhold the very evidence New Delhi has been seeking. This itself vindicates Trudeau and exposes the Indian hand in public eyes, even if the trial doesn’t reach any logical end.
Apparently, Carney has sacrificed human rights and Canadian sovereignty over trade with India, but history will remember Trudeau for standing up for a Canadian citizen killed on Canadian soil.
Any attempt to cover up the truth won’t help either Carney or his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi.
Gurpreet Singh, North Delta