Justin Trudeau

Liberal's Justin Trudeau has again been crowned as Canada's Prime Minister but misses the majority on September 21. Meanwhile, Trudeau said, "Thank you, Canda -- for casting your vote, for putting your trust in the liberal team.'' Reportedly, a party needs 170 seats out of 338 to win the majority in the house of commons but Trudeau's rival and conservative leader Erin O'Toole conceded defeat.

Justice Mahmud Jamal, the first official SC's Judge who belongs to a minority background in the history of Canada. However, Jamal was appointed on June 15 by the PM Justin Trudeau. Earlier, the PM had said, "We know people are facing systemic discrimination, unconscious bias and anti-black racism every single day," Besides, the 54-year-old has served as a judge at Ontario's Court of Appeal since 2019.

Canada has decided to ban the entry of all international students to Ontario as the province has been hit by the third wave of COVID-19. However, Ontario is the only province to request this measure. Initially students were permitted to enter the country with special passes to attend universities. Notably, in 2020, there were 5,30,540 foreign students in Canada, according to the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE).

A group of former Indian diplomats on December 14 wrote an open letter condemning Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's comments on farmers' protest. They highlighted that Canada had criticized India at WTO for its MSP system but now it was otherwise. The letter stated that PM Justin's comments were made for "vote bank politics in Canada". The ex-diplomats also criticised Justin Trudeau for taking no actions against the Khalistani elements present in… read-more

Worrying over Indian Farmer's Protest, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said that Canada will always defend the rights of peaceful protests. "Canada believes in a dialogue process and has always sorted to Indian authorities over Punjab and Sikh issues," he added. Having significant Sikh population, several other Sikh Canadian parliamentarians including the Defence Minister Harjit Singh showed their concern over the ongoing farmers agitation.