Mr Poilievre additionally criticised different facets of Mr Trudeau’s international coverage.

The chief of the Conservative Party in Canada has slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the diplomatic row with India saying that Mr Trudeau is “not worth the cost after eight long years” and that he’s thought of a “laughing stock in India”. 

Pierre Poilievre, who’s Canadians’ most well-liked selection as prime minister and whose celebration is main in some opinion polls for the final elections in 2025, has additionally promised that he’ll restore a “professional relationship” with India if his celebration involves energy.

In an interview with Nepalese media outlet Namaste Radio Toronto, Mr Poilievre was requested concerning the “bitter situation” within the Canada-India relationship. “This is another example of how Justin Trudeau is not worth the cost after eight long years. He has turned Canadians against each other at home and he has blown up our relations abroad. He is so incompetent and unprofessional that now we are in major disputes with every major power in the world, and that includes India,” the chief of the opposition in Canada stated. 

“We need a professional relationship with the Indian government. India is the largest democracy on Earth and it’s fine to have our disagreements and hold each other accountable, but we have to have a professional relationship and that is what I will restore when I am prime minister of this country,” he asserted. 

‘Biden Treats Him Like A Doormat’

Keeping his weapons educated on Mr Trudeau over his dealing with of international coverage, Mr Poilievre claimed China was interfering within the nation and that US President Joe Biden was strolling everywhere in the Canadian Prime Minister.

“After eight years of Trudeau, our reputation is in tatters. Beijing is interfering in our country, opening police stations in Canada to abuse our people. Justin Trudeau is considered a laughing stock in India, the world’s biggest democracy. President Biden is walking all over Trudeau and treating him like a doormat and slapping him around like a rag doll,” the opposition chief remarked.

“Then you have his incredible embarrassment where he brought a Nazi to parliament when the Ukraine president was in our chamber. Every day, and every way, Justin Trudeau is an embarrassment to Canada and to all Canadians and we can’t keep him as prime minister,” he added.

‘Aggression Towards Indian Diplomats’

To a query on the vandalisation of a Hindu temple and Hinduphobia in Canada, Mr Poilievre stated Conservatives share the Hindu values of religion household and freedom and that freedom contains the flexibility to worship with out worry and with out vandalisation. 

“I strongly condemn all of the attacks on Hindu mandirs (temple), the threats against Hindu leaders. The aggression shown to, for example, Indian diplomats at public events is totally unacceptable. I  think there should be criminal charges laid against anyone who attacks either the property or people at Hindu mandirs, just like anywhere else,” he stated. 

A ballot performed for Canadian information platform Global News final month confirmed Mr Poilievre was the popular selection as prime minister for 40% of Canadians whereas Mr Trudeau was most well-liked by 31%. 

Worsening ties

The relationship between India and Canada has been at its lowest ebb since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated within the parliament final month that his authorities had “credible allegations” linking the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June with the “agents of the Government of India”. 

Canada stated on Thursday that it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India, claiming that India deliberate to “unethically” revoke diplomatic immunity for all however 21 of its diplomats and that doing so can be “contrary to international law”.

India stated no worldwide norms have been violated and it was in search of parity within the mutual diplomatic presence. 

“The state of our bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs warrant a parity in mutual diplomatic presence in New Delhi and Ottawa,” the Ministry of External Affairs had stated.