Canada’s spy agency is warning that a small but militant group of Sikhs are using the country as a base for promoting, fundraising and planning violence in India in support of an independent homeland in Punjab, a caution some see as a sign of shifting policies toward New Delhi.
In its annual report to Parliament in June, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said these homegrown extremists represent only a small group among Sikhs who are otherwise pursuing non-violent advocacy for a state they call Khalistan.
The spy agency says the presence of Sikh extremists in Canada “continues to pose a national security threat to Canada and Canadian interests,” without pointing to any specific examples. It’s the first time CSIS has highlighted Khalistani extremists in its annual report since 2018.
The Liberal Government ran cover for the Sikh Extremists.
Liberals agree to change language in a report on terror to avoid singling out Sikh extremism
Friday evening, hours before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to visit one of the biggest Sikh temples in Canada, his government agreed to change the language in a report on terror to no longer explicitly mention Sikh extremism.
The 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada released in December drew ire from Canada’s Sikh community for talking about Sikh extremism for the first time as one of the top five extremist threats in Canada.
