Tel Aviv, Nov 27 (LatestNewsX) – While the Sikh nationalist group Sikhs for Justice pulled in several thousand people for a bare‑bones pledge to set up a sovereign Sikh state at an Ottawa rally, the turnout still can’t mask the harsh truth: democratic societies must guard citizens not just against loud, violent extremism, but against the quieter, systemic abuses that quietly wreck more lives, the report stated on Thursday.
The paper said that this reality requires bold moves by Western governments – tearing down Canada’s LMIA‑fraud rings, tightening trucking rules, and cutting off the money streams that keep radical outfits afloat.
“Organisers from Sikhs for Justice reported over 53,000 participants from across Canada in the unofficial vote, which asked a simple yes/no question on creating a sovereign Sikh homeland. Crowds waved Khalistan flags, chanted slogans, and celebrated the turnout as a strong statement, though the ballot holds no legal weight in Canada or India,” wrote Zahack Tanvir, founder and editor of UK‑based media outlet The Milli Chronicle, in the “Times of Israel.”
The meeting, slammed for inflammatory chants and flag desecration, and dubbed “farcical” by India’s High Commissioner to Canada, coincided with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s G20 session with PM Narendra Modi in Johannesburg—an event that underscored the strengthening ties between the two countries.
“The referendum—staged by a separatist organisation long accused of promoting a divisive and often inflammatory agenda—once again showed how the Khalistan movement has become a geopolitical irritant. Far from a simple diaspora‑driven advocacy campaign, its current network in North America has evolved into something far more complex and unsettling,” Tanvir added.
Drawing on the work of American scholar and political scientist Allen Hampton, the report noted that in his highly publicised study for The Milli Chronicle, titled “Khalistan Expose: Inside the Web of Fake Jobs, LMIA Fraud, and Trucking Scams,” Hampton argued that what looks like political mobilisation on the surface actually hides a sprawling and exploitative underground economy.
Hampton said the “Khalistani ecosystem in North America” has grown “far beyond the familiar terrain of protests, slogans, or political posturing,” functioning as a “full‑fledged system built upon immigration fraud, fabricated employment offers, manipulated legal pathways, drug‑based revenue structures, and trucking‑related crimes.”
The report warned that the LMIA programme—originally intended as a safety net to ensure foreign workers filled legitimate labour gaps—has turned into a gold‑mine for exploitation. Hampton noted that LMIA‑based placements have become a key recruiting tool for Khalistan‑linked immigration advisers.
“The tragedy of this ecosystem is multilayered,” the report observed. “It preys on the hopes of young people in Punjab, turning aspiration into debt. It weaponises diaspora identity, turning gurdwaras and community centres into recruitment hubs. It endangers the public through untrained drivers and criminal supply chains. And it cloaks illegal operations that thrive on radicalisation behind the language of human rights.”
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