Although the tit-for-tat move sent bilateral relations skidding to a new low, the prime ministers of India and Canada are unlikely to mind too much.

Amid massive diplomatic row over Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing in 2023, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he did not have “evidentiary proof” but only had intelligence when he first went public with the accusations last year against India.

Amid the ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at Foreign Interference Commission said that "Canadians who are opponents of Modi government, their information was passed to the Indian govt at the highest level and then information directed through criminal organisations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang