Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to support separatism: Jaishankar on Canada
"In any rules-based society, you would imagine that you would check people's background, how they came, what passport they carried etc," he said. Ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations in September last year of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar. "We also have freedom of speech in our country.But freedom of speech does not mean freedom to threaten foreign diplomats, freedom of speech does not mean the kind of positions and the kind of activities which people in Canada are doing which does harm to our country because of its support for separatism," Jaishankar said. "And freedom of speech does not mean this kind of space which is also given to people of various dubious backgrounds -- people associated with organised crime and so on," the external affairs minister added. India has been asserting that its "core issue" with Canada remains that of the space given to separatists, terrorists and anti-India elements in that country.
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