Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Greg Mercer, Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: June 26, 2025 - 13:17
CSIS flags extremist Khalistani activists as national security threat
June 26, 2025
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.
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