00:00 The actions that the Government of India took this week are themselves contrary to international law.
00:13 The Government of India decided to unilaterally revoke the diplomatic immunity of 40 Canadian diplomats in India.
00:27 This is a violation of the Vienna Convention governing diplomacy.
00:35 This is them choosing to contravene a very fundamental principle of international law and diplomacy.
00:50 It is something that all countries in the world should be very worried about.
00:56 And this is putting aside the allegations we made of a serious violation of international law
01:04 with the alleged killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil that the Indian government could have been involved in.
01:12 This is a matter, putting that aside, that all countries should be concerned about.
01:19 The Government of India decided to cancel, to revoke the diplomatic protections of 40 diplomats working in Canada, working in India.
01:34 This is something that has far-reaching consequences for the diplomatic world that I know many, many countries are very worried about.
01:42 But it also has very real impacts on the millions of people who travel back and forth between India,
01:51 as students, as family members, for weddings, for businesses, for the growing trade ties between our countries.
01:59 The Indian government is making it unbelievably difficult for life as usual to continue for millions of people in India and in Canada.
02:13 And they're doing it by contravening a very basic principle of diplomacy.
02:21 This is something that should concern everyone, but it's something that has me very concerned for the well-being
02:28 and happiness of millions of Canadians who trace their origins to the Indian subcontinent.
02:40 [ Silence ]
