Balpreet Singh, spokesperson for the World Sikh Organization of Canada, left, looks towards Moninder Singh, spokesperson for the B.C. Gurdwaras Council and Sikh Federation Canada, as they hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Sikh groups are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to revoke his invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit in Alberta next week.
Representatives of the World Sikh Organization of Canada and the Sikh Federation Canada told a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday they want a public inquiry into India’s foreign interference and transnational oppression.
They said Modi’s invitation should be withdrawn unless India co-operates with ongoing investigations and promises to stop interfering in Canadian affairs and targeting Sikhs in Canada.
“This is a Canadian issue but it doesn’t feel as though this is being treated like a Canadian …