Convicted attempted murderer invited to reception with Trudeau in India

CBC News Website ^ | Feb 21, 2018 7:46 PM ET | Terry Milewski,

[jerod]

B.C.'s Jaspal Atwal was convicted for 1986 attempt to assassinate Indian cabinet minister on Vancouver Island

Jaspal Atwal, a convicted former member of an illegal Sikh separatist group, was invited to dine with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a formal event hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Thursday in Delhi.

The invitation, which was extended by Canada's High Commissioner to India, was rescinded after CBC News asked the Prime Minister's Office about it Wednesday.

As the story made headlines in the Indian media, Trudeau was forced to respond.

"Obviously we take this situation extremely seriously. The individual in question never should have received an invitation and, as soon as we found out, we rescinded the invitation immediately," he told reporters. "The member of Parliament who included this individual has, and will, assume full responsibility for his actions."

The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that it is "looking into how this occurred. That said, it's important to be clear that this individual is not part of the official delegation to the PM's visit to India, nor was he invited by the Prime Minister's Office. As is the case with international trips, individuals sometimes travel on their own to the location of the visit."

[jerod]

Trudeau is making a very bad habit of being either really stunned or really stoned? Not sure which it is but this is what happens when you have a primary school teacher doing on the job training to be Prime Minister of a country… Non-stop amateur hour.

[Little Pig]

Can’t be any worse than India. Their current PM is a former tea stall vendor.

[cranked]

Digging that hole deeper....wtg Trudeau idiot Obama mini-me.

[pdunkin]

A former tea stall vendor is probably preferable to 90% of our professional politicians.