Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-09-18 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Le tr\u00e8s hon. Justin Trudeau (premier ministre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7919566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today I am rising to inform the House of an extremely serious matter. I just informed the leaders of the opposition directly, but I want now to speak with all Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919567\" data-originallang=\"en\">Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canada is a rule-of-law country. The protection of our citizens and the defence of our sovereignty are fundamental. Our top priorities have therefore been, one, that our law enforcement and security agencies ensure the continued safety of all Canadians, and two, that all steps be taken to hold perpetrators of this murder to account.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canada has declared its deep concerns to the top intelligence and security officials of the Indian government. Last week, at the G20, I brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in no uncertain terms. Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. It is contrary to the fundamental roles by which free, open and democratic societies conduct themselves.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919569\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> As one would expect, we have been working closely and coordinating with our most important allies on this very serious matter. In the strongest possible terms, I continue to urge the Government of India to co-operate with Canada to get to the bottom of this matter. I also expect it to reiterate that its position on extrajudicial operations in another country is clearly and unequivocally in line with international law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919570\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I know that many Canadians, particularly members of the Indo-Canadian community, are feeling angry or perhaps frightened right now. Let us not allow this to change us. Let us remain calm and steadfast in our commitment to our democratic principles and our adherence to the rule of law. This is who we are and what we do as Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7919566\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd\u2019hui pour informer la Chambre des communes d\u2019un enjeu extr\u00eamement important. Je viens d\u2019en informer les chefs de l\u2019opposition directement, mais je veux maintenant m\u2019adresser aux Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919567\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au cours des derni\u00e8res semaines, les organismes canadiens de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 se sont pench\u00e9s activement sur des all\u00e9gations cr\u00e9dibles selon lesquelles il existerait un lien possible entre des agents du gouvernement de l\u2019Inde et le meurtre d\u2019un citoyen canadien, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Le Canada est un \u00e9tat de droit. La protection de nos citoyens de m\u00eame que la d\u00e9fense de notre souverainet\u00e9 sont essentielles. Nos priorit\u00e9s ont donc \u00e9t\u00e9 premi\u00e8rement de faire en sorte que nos organismes de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et d\u2019ex\u00e9cution de la loi assurent en permanence la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de tous les Canadiens, et deuxi\u00e8mement que toutes les mesures n\u00e9cessaires soient prises pour tenir les auteurs de ce meurtre responsables de leurs actes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le Canada a fait part de ses profondes pr\u00e9occupations aux hauts responsables du renseignement et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du gouvernement de l\u2019Inde. La semaine derni\u00e8re, au G20, j\u2019ai personnellement abord\u00e9 la question de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s claire avec le premier ministre Modi. L\u2019implication de tout gouvernement \u00e9tranger dans le meurtre d\u2019un citoyen canadien en sol canadien constitue une violation inacceptable de notre souverainet\u00e9. Un tel acte va \u00e0 l\u2019encontre des r\u00e8gles fondamentales qui r\u00e9gissent les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s libres, ouvertes et d\u00e9mocratiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919569\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comme on s'y attend, nous travaillons sur ce dossier des plus s\u00e9rieux en coordination avec nos principaux alli\u00e9s. Je continue de demander instamment, et avec la plus grande fermet\u00e9, au gouvernement de l'Inde de coop\u00e9rer avec le Canada pour \u00e9claircir cette affaire. Je m'attends \u00e9galement \u00e0 ce que le gouvernement de l'Inde r\u00e9affirme que sa position sur les op\u00e9rations extrajudiciaires dans un autre pays est clairement et sans \u00e9quivoque conforme au droit international.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7919570\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je sais que de nombreux Canadiens, en particulier les membres de la communaut\u00e9 indienne au Canada, sont en col\u00e8re en ce moment, et peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame effray\u00e9s. Ne laissons pas cette affaire nous changer. Restons calmes et d\u00e9termin\u00e9s dans notre engagement \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de nos principes d\u00e9mocratiques et \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du respect de la primaut\u00e9 du droit. Restons fid\u00e8les \u00e0 qui nous sommes en tant que Canadiens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/9/18/justin-trudeau-10/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/justin-trudeau/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12319453",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Foreign Affairs",
        "fr": "Les affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/9/18/",
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