Sikhs for Justice has been conducting referendums in Canadian cities on Punjab independence as part of a global campaign on the matter
that New Delhi is concerned that some segments of the Sikh community in Canada are offering financial and other support to secessionists who want to separate Punjab from India. He called on Ottawa to crack down on diasporic funding of the Sikh independence movement that is seeking to create a sovereign homeland known as Khalistan.
The ballot question in this non-binding referendum is: “Should Indian-governed Punjab be an independent country?” A spokeswoman for Mr. Trudeau declined to say whether the Prime Minister would disavow Mr. Verma’s comments or whether Ottawa felt India was overstepping its bounds in Canada.“We will always support freedom of expression and political participation for everyone in Canada,” Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, lead press secretary for Mr. Trudeau said.
The Tribune, a north Indian daily, last year reported that India’s National Investigation Agency, a counterterrorism organization, visited Canada in November, 2021, to discuss with Canadian authorities “Asked for comment on the letter to Mr. Trudeau from the Sikh group, India’s High Commissioner in Canada noted that Sikhs for Justice has been “declared as an unlawful association” by the government of India.
David Morrison, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, told his Indian counterpart in early November that “Canada respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India and does not recognize or support unofficial referendums,” according to a readout released by the Department of Global Affairs.
But Ottawa has also signalled that it wants to open doors to closer economic and diplomatic ties with India as part of its Indo-Pacific strategy.
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