The winners contend Ottawa’s terror report was a factor; the losers say it was just about religion. They care about the same issues.”No one can question, though, that the Sikh community has some considerable political weight to throw around. Purewal says the wave of Sikh support for Liberals in 2015 was largely a reaction to the Conservatives’ legislation stripping citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism. Regardless, the terror report in December was, for some Sikh leaders at least, a rude awakening after a spate of political victories. The report mentions the Air India bombing 33 years ago and two terror groups critics say have long been inactive.

Source: National Post April 12, 2019 15:33 UTC