It was nine times—my friend was keeping track—in her opening question, so I think the people who are being overly partisan are perhaps on the other side of the table today.
Anyway, we have a serious issue ahead of us. They can smirk, and they can laugh, but let's get into some of the questions here.
First, to Mr. Morrison and Ms. Drouin, an NSICOP report from 2019 stated:
CSIS observed an increase in Indian threat related activity targeting the Indo-Canadian diaspora [and] government institutions.
This same NSICOP report found:
Indian consular officials are maintaining “black lists” of dissidents, controlling travel visas to India...and recruiting community sources that are “engaging MPs and political candidates to advance Indian objectives.”
Given that each of your organizations presumably read this report at the time and knew about these activities, dating back to at least 2019, that very clearly fall outside the norm of diplomatic activity, why did the government wait until these threats had escalated to the point of violence and murder to expel any consular officials?