It’s easy to get lost in the weeds of the issue of a Sikh homeland. His attachment to a political Sikh issue is being upheld at the centre of a storm, sidelining all issues he campaigned on: pharmacare, dental care, ban on racial profiling (and carding), unemployment and other established NDP policy priorities. For Canadians not well-versed with India-Punjab-Khalistan politics, the renewed interest in Khalistan tars all Sikh Canadians as people unable to leave their problems “back home.” But this has precedent. “French-Canadians, as well as many farmers, unionized workers, non-British immigrants, and other Canadians, generally opposed the measure,” according to the Canadian War Museum. It would also provide an authentic insider alternative to the narrative of Sikh separatism as being synonymous with terrorism.

Source: thestar March 18, 2018 23:34 UTC