And that, he argues, includes people associated with a provocatively named group he helped found two years ago — the Sikh Liberation Front. “To those who scream ‘peace … peace,’ I want to ask, where and how will this peace come? Singh has been at the forefront of opposition to the Public Safety Canada terrorism report, which for the first time last December suggested “Sikh (Khalistani) extremism” was a threat. He and other Sikh leaders say there’s no evidence of extremist activity, and that the document unfairly smeared the whole community. The government eventually agreed to remove the report’s references to Sikhs and Khalistanis — those advocating for a Sikh homeland in Punjab state.

Source: National Post April 17, 2019 20:29 UTC