India’s move to persona-non-grata a Canadian official comes after Ottawa did the same to an Indian one. Tensions between the two countries came into public view on Monday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in the House of Commons that Canadian security agencies have been investigating “credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen.” (The Logic)

Talking point: Trudeau called for New Delhi’s cooperation in investigating the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh leader in B.C. But the Indian Ministry of External Affairs rejected the statement, and called on Canada to take action against “anti-India elements” operating in this country. India and Canada had been negotiating an early-progress trade agreement since March 2022; as recently as May, Trade Minister Mary Ng and Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal suggested they were making headway. But Trudeau confirmed earlier this month that Canada had asked for a pause in the talks. And last week, Ng said she would not make a scheduled trade mission to India in October. The pause is due to Ottawa’s concerns around the incident, said a senior official at Global Affairs Canada, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. Ng has raised the issue directly with Goyal, the official said.