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Visintin says police are also working with city officials to implement a no-stopping zone on Howe Street outside the building that houses the consulate.
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No one from the consulate was made available to comment on the police presence.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said last week that Canada had offered round-the-clock security to India香蕉视频直播檚 diplomats.
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Signs blaming Indian diplomats for Nijjar香蕉视频直播檚 killing have been posted around B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 Lower Mainland and elsewhere for months.
Joly said in July that such a poster advertising a protest in Toronto was 香蕉视频直播渦nacceptable.香蕉视频直播
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