On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about the ongoing diplomatic rift between Canada and India.

Both countries expelled each others' ambassadors after Canadian investigators named India's High Commissioner a "person of interest", following the murder of Surrey-based Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.


Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that India made a "horrific mistake", suggesting that Indian authorities violated Canada's sovereignty by allegedly conducting covert operations against dissidents.


India strongly refuted Canada's allegations as "preposterous", accusing Prime Minister Trudeau of trying to gain votes from the over 700,000 Sikh Canadians ahead of next year's elections.


How damaging has this been to Canada-India ties? We'll find out.


After 9:30, we discuss tensions in the Korean Peninsula, after North Korea began blowing up roads connecting to the South.

9:05am-9:30am: Canada-India soaring diplomatic relations


9:05am-9:30am: Sanjay Ruparelia, Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and Jarislowski Democracy Chair, Toronto Metropolitan University

9:05am-9:30am: Kanica Rakhra, Assistant Professor in International Relations and Global Affairs, Kautilya School of Public Policy (Hyderabad)


9:30am-10:00am: Rising tensions in the Korean peninsula


9:30am-10:00am: Joon Ha Park, Junior Correspondent at Korea Risk Group

9:30am-10:00am: Prof Brian Bridges, Asian affairs consultant, and former Adjunct Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, Lingnan University