B.C. Premier calls for federal transparency regarding Indian foreign interference
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B.C. Premier David Eby said he suspects that the federal government is holding back information that could help the province protect residents who have connections to India.
British Columbia Premier David Eby “strongly” suspects that the federal government is holding back information that could help the province protect its residents who have connections to India.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed in Parliament on Monday that Canadian intelligence services were investigating “a potential link” between the Indian government and the fatal shooting of Sikh advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last June. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc has reached out, saying Ottawa wants to make sure the provincial government has the details it needs to keep B.C. residents safe, “but there has not been good information sharing,” the premier said Friday.
In response to the killing, Eby said on Friday that the priority should be holding people criminally accountable for the killing.
Eby said people in B.C. have been “feeling pressure from India,” and he believes Ottawa has information through federal agencies, including the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which could help in the response to foreign interference. The premier has called on Ottawa to “share all relevant information” related not only to foreign interference, but also to “transnational organized crime threats” in the province.
He made the remarks during a media question-and-answer session after addressing local politicians at the Union of BC Municipalities conference.
Eby accepted Trudeau’s offer for a briefing by CSIS, but everything the premier knows about the situation is “in the public realm,” he said.
“I expressed my frustration in the meeting with the CSIS director about our inability to get more concrete information,” Eby said.
Eby said he understands there may need to be reform around the law governing CSIS in order for the agency to share the kind of information he’s looking for.
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