US Edition‘I would not use those words’: PM Carney on official’s Indian foreign interference comments
Prime Minister Mark Carney rejects claims India ceased interfering, emphasizing vigilance and engagement while Canadian intelligence maintains existing threat levels.
- On Mar 3, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney was speaking in Australia after a visit to India and twice refused to say whether New Delhi is interfering in Canadian democracy or repressing Sikh separatists, adding he would not discipline the unnamed senior official.
- Following those comments, officials told reporters `I really don't think we'd be taking this trip if we thought these activities were continuing`, prompting condemnation, and the official said the words are not his own.
- Carney told reporters `I would not use those words` and stressed `our approach is one of vigilance and engagement`, while CSIS confirmed its threat assessment has not changed.
- The prime minister has sought to distance himself from the comments, while Michael Chong called the refusal to take questions `deeply troubling` and Ruby Sahota said New Delhi remains implicated.
- The dispute could strain Canada-India relations and public confidence, as the split between officials downplaying threats and security agencies fuels tensions during Mark Carney, Prime Minister's visit after the 2023 assassination near Vancouver linked by the RCMP to India.
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Carney won't say if there's Indian interference in Canada after cutting deals with Modi
Prime Minister Mark Carney wouldn't take a stand Wednesday on whether he thinks Indian agents are actively interfering in Canada's affairs, saying there's an ongoing criminal matter related to the murder of a B.C. Sikh man and he doesn't want to prejudice the outcome of that case.
castanet.net
Carney won't say whether India is engaged in interference, transnational repression
Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to say whether he believes India is still behind acts of foreign interference and transnational repression in Canada.
The Toronto Star
Carney won’t say whether India is engaged in interference, transnational repression
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to say whether he believes India is still behind acts of foreign interference and transnational repression in Canada.
‘I would not use those words’: PM Carney on official’s Indian foreign interference comments
Mark Carney is putting some distance between himself and comments made by his senior officials that appeared to downplay the ongoing threat of foreign interference and transnational repression from India.
Prime Minister Mark Carney refuses to say whether he believes that India is still responsible for acts of foreign interference and transnational repression in Canada.
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