Tensions between India, Canada continue to rise [Video]

As tensions between Canada and India rise, members of the Indian community in the Maritimes are worried.

The federal government expelled six Indian diplomats on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence Indian agents played a role in violent crimes on Canadian soil, including extortion, coercion and murder of Canadian citizens.

India insists it has not received evidence of any government involvement in crimes in Canada, and it has ordered six Canadian diplomats to leave.

Experts call it one of the biggest diplomatic rifts in Canadian-Indian history, causing concern for many that it won’t be resolved anytime soon.

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Nissim Mannathukkaren, a Canadian-Indian resident, is watching closely as the diplomatic strain between the two countries intensifies.

“I think this is a really low point,” said Mannathukkaren, a professor at Dalhousie University who teaches international politics. “Possibly the lowest point in …