CANADA’S High Commissioner in New Delhi, Cameron MacKay, on Tuesday said in a post on X: “The Government of Canada is aware of further imagery displayed in Brampton on Sunday. Canada’s position is clear: The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada.”
He was referring to a float in a Brampton parade portraying the 1984 assassination of then-Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi by two of her Sikh bodyguards.
MacKay retweeted federal Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s June 7 statement: “This week, there were reports of imagery depicting the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Vancouver. The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada.”
He also retweeted Treasury Board President Anita Anand’s statement in reaction to LeBlanc’s tweet: “The use of violent imagery in relation to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is disturbing and unacceptable as it promotes and perpetuates hate and violence.”
