February 5, 2021 |
Ottawa: The World Sikh Organization of Canada has released a report shedding light on Indian disinformation campaigns targeting Sikhs in Canada. The report entitled “Exposed: India’s Disinformation Campaign Against Canada’s Sikhs” was released on February 3, 2020. This report looks at the history of Indian interference and disinformation in Canada, including after the recent resignation of MP Navdeep Bains from his role as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.
Last week when MP Ramesh Sangha was expelled from the Liberal caucus for making “baseless and dangerous” accusations against a number of his colleagues, Mark Holland, chief government whip, said “we will not tolerate conspiracy theories, or danger and unfounded rhetoric about Parliamentarians or other Canadians”.
One of the bills allows farmers to forge deals with companies to produce a certain amount and to sell their crops directly to private buyers instead of to the Indian government at a regulated price.
Modi s government argues the new laws will bring growth. But smaller farmers like Singh s dad fear that the removal of state protections that they already consider insufficient will leave them at the mercy of greedy corporations.
Singh says his stress peaked two days ago when Modi s government shut down internet in parts of New Delhi where protesters were gathering. Singh lost touch with his father and friends for about two hours as they made their way to India s capital.
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Demonstrators parade in trucks and dump trucks in support of farmers in India during a protest in Toronto Dec. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn January 29, 2021 - 11:20 AM
For several days, Karan Singh has been frantically checking the latest news from India where his father and other farmers have been demanding the government repeal new agriculture laws that open more space for private investors.
The 25-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., says concern for his father â who farms cotton, wheat and sugar cane in India s northern Punjab state â started in September. That s when Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced three bills that farmers say will reshape agriculture in the region, and Singh s father and friends joined protests.
Quebec s religious symbols ban is pushing some women to rethink their future in the province
Four court challenges against Quebec s controversial religious symbols ban, Bill 21, are expected to conclude later this month. But whatever the courts decide, the law has already driven many young women in the province to rethink their careers or start a new life elsewhere.
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Four court challenges against Quebec s controversial religious symbols ban, Bill 21, are expected to conclude later this month.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)