A diplomatic row that has strained bilateral relations between India and Canada for over a year has boiled over as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada and allegations of other crimes there.

India and Canada do not see diplomatic fallout over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader having any immediate impact on bilateral trade ties, government officials from the two countries said. Canada exports primarily minerals,

The brazen June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada sparked a diplomatic row with India that continues to escalate.