The Canadian Press (CP) has retracted claims it made about Pierre Poilievre’s comments on prime minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government’s feud with India. The CP changed the headline and published a correction citing three factually incorrect statements in the story at the bottom of the article. The article draws on an interview between Poilievre and Namaste Radio Toronto.The first correction pertained to the publication falsely asserting Poilievre talked about Sikh aggression when blaming Trudeau for the government’s recent tensions with India. “In a headline on a story published Monday, The CP erroneously reported that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre cited Sikh aggression toward Indian envoys when blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for Canada's poor relations with India,” the correction reads. “In fact, Poilievre did not mention Sikhs during his interview with Namaste Radio Toronto, which was the basis for the story.” The second correction was that Poilievre blamed Trudeau at all, when he did not actually “link” his remarks to the prime minister. “The CP also erroneously reported that Poilievre blamed Trudeau for ‘aggression shown to Indian diplomats at public events,'” The CP wrote. “In fact, Poilievre did not link those remarks to Trudeau.”Thirdly, the publication falsely reported the World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSOC) claimed the opposition leader blames Sikhs for the “chill” with India. “As well, the story erroneously reported the WSOC had argued that Poilievre was indirectly pointing the finger at Sikhs,” the correction states. “In fact, the group's lawyer Balpreet Singh had argued that Poilievre was wrong to point the finger at anyone other than the Indian government.” Poilievre himself posted about the correction on Twitter (“X”) Wednesday evening. “Canadian Press forced to retract three separate ‘erroneous statements’ from one story alone,” Poilievre wrote in the caption of a screenshot from the correction. “It was another false hit piece now thoroughly discredited,” he said. “Remember that next time they attack me.”
