Maxime Bernier, leader of Canada's People's Party (CPP) and a prominent opposition figure, stated that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot outside a Surrey gurdwara in 2023, was not a Canadian citizen but a "foreign terrorist" who repeatedly used fraudulent documents to seek asylum in Canada since 1997.

Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People's Party of Canada, said the Canadian government must posthumously take away the citizenship of Khalistani extremist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, asserting that he (Nijjar) was a "foreign terrorist" who was inexplicably granted Canadian citizenship in 2007.

Canadian opposition leader Maxime Bernier says allegations of Indian diplomats engaging in criminal activities must be investigated, but criticised the government for lacking evidence.