After accusing “Indian agents” of involvement in the killing of Canada based Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023, Canada was hoping for support from is the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
- The Five Eyes is an intelligence sharing network made up of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Its roots date back to an alliance originally created in 1946 between the United States and the United Kingdom as a way to share intelligence signals.
- It was expanded in 1948 to include Canada and in 1955 to include Australia and New Zealand.
- Other countries, termed “third party partners,” share information with the alliance but are not formal partners.
