"Seems like Canada wants to teach India a lesson," says Robinder Sachdev, a foreign affairs expert on India-Canada relations.

According to Robinder Sachdev, a specialist in foreign affairs, it "seems like Canada wants to teach India a lesson." Speaking to ANI, Sachdev claimed that Canada is attempting to demonstrate to the west "that India is becoming a threat to our western dominated order" by "spewing global propaganda" against the country.

"Intelligent Failure"

India claims that Canadian intelligence is compiling information on Indian officials. Sachdev told ANI, "My argument is that a commission of inquiry is already underway in Canada considering all these foreign influences and their intelligence failings.

"It is important to look into how Canadian intelligence is conducting these activities," he continued. The Canadian Parliament ought to be aware of how its intelligence is functioning; perhaps there are some holes, or perhaps the intelligence has been manipulated by foreign powers.

"It seems like Canada wants to teach India a lesson...they are spewing global propaganda against us...maybe they are trying to push back at India and show to the west, that is America and England specifically, that India is becoming a threat to our western dominated order," Sachdev added in his hypothetical statement.

India is classified as a cyber adversary by Canada.

In its most recent accusation, Canada's Justin Trudeau administration named India a "cyber adversary" and included it on a list of unfriendly countries in the field of cybersecurity. India denounced this action, claiming it was an effort to damage its standing abroad.

India ranks fifth in the newly released "National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026" assessment, behind China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

The 'Geopolitically inspired non-state actors are creating unpredictability' trend also mentions India, citing a pro-India hacktivist group's claim that it briefly attacked and defaced Canadian websites after India was implicated in the murder of a Canadian citizen.

India's government most likely wants to develop a modernized cyber program with local cyber capabilities, according to the assessment. India most certainly uses its cyber program to further its national security objectives, such as counterterrorism, espionage, and the nation's attempts to boost its international standing and refute negative narratives about India and the Indian government. We conclude that in order to improve its operations, India's cyber program probably makes use of commercial cyber suppliers.

"We conclude that cyber threat activity against Government of Canada networks is probably carried out by Indian state-sponsored cyber threat actors for espionage purposes. We believe that Indian state-sponsored cyberthreat activities against Canada will most likely be fueled by the formal bilateral ties between Canada and India.

Additionally, it stated that "countries like India, which aim to become new centers of power in the global system, are developing cyber programs that pose varying degrees of threat to Canada."