Diplomatic tensions between India and Canada continue to worry Canadian citizens and businesspeople with ties to the Asian country. Saguenay journalist Frédérick Lavoie, who divides his time between Canada and India, can bear the brunt of this political crisis.

The Canada-India conflict began when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted in mid-September that he suspected India had a role in the murder of Canadian Sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

We are not used to a country like India doing this kind of bold action in a country like Canadanotes Frédérick Lavoie.

According to him, Canada is in a difficult position.

On the one hand, Justin Trudeau is trying to say that Canada cannot accept extrajudicial killings like this, especially on its territory, but at the same time, we want to maintain good relations with India. It is true that Canada is in the worst positionsummarizes people domiciled in India.

Frédérick Lavoie argues that these extrajudicial killings could even benefit the Indian Prime Minister as well as his country. This extreme attitude is very common there and is even supported by a large part of the Indian population.

This will help Narendra Modi in his status as a strongman because that is how he presents himself. There will be no consequences in India for Narendra Modi. Everything is ultimately for his benefit, except the commercial relations part. It remains to be seen who will suffer the mosthe structured it as an analysis.

This diplomatic turmoil will have an impact on the personal lives of many people. There are approximately 1.3 million Canadians of Indian origin. However, India does not recognize dual citizenship.

When you immigrate to Canada from India, you must renounce your citizenship. Then, you return to overseas citizen status. This puts you in a vulnerable situation. Not everyone has this statusexplained Mr. Lavoie.

Frédérick Lavoie holds the status of a foreign citizen, which he says is vulnerable.

I married an Indian woman. It gave me that status. My daughter should have one too. This could complicate matters the day we file for status.

Travel to India is bound to get even more difficult, according to the author.

Fortunately, Canada has the discretion not to implement retaliatory measures that would impact its citizens. This is somewhat implausible: India poses problems for ordinary people, let’s say, and not just on a diplomatic level, when diplomatic crises occur.he pointed out.

Already many Indo-Canadians are unable to return to India due to the suspension of visa processing for Canadian citizens.