Relations between Canada and India have taken a nosedive following allegations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Modi government was involved in the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, BC earlier this year. 

Omer Aziz is a former foreign policy advisor in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, writer, author of Brown Boy. He tells Vassy Kapelos the countries had been talking past each other for years and a Eurocentric policy focus may have exacerbated issues.