As the gov­ern­ment of Canada, de­spite promises has yet to with­draw the un­sub­stan­ti­ated charges and al­le­ga­tions of Sikh ex­trem­ism men­tioned in the Pub­lic Safety Re­port 2018 on the Ter­ror­ism Threat to Canada, WSO will now be host­ing a com­mu­nity meet­ing on 7 April in as­so­ci­a­tion with the On­tario Sikh and Gur­d­waras Coun­cil and the On­tario Gur­d­waras Com­mit­tee.

Com­mu­nity mem­bers in­vited to the Bramp­ton City Hall (Atrium) will dis­cuss the im­pact this sec­tion has had on them and the im­age of Cana­dian Sikhs as a whole. Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment and elected of­fi­cials from across the Greater Toronto Area are likely to par­tic­i­pate and give an ear to the con­ver­sa­tions that will take place.

Com­mu­nity lead­ers will also out­line the next steps to be taken to en­sure that the malafide men­tion is dropped and such wild al­le­ga­tions are not re­peated in fu­ture.

Sikh Cana­dian lead­ers have had a meet­ing with Pub­lic Safety Min­is­ter Ralph Goodale on Jan­u­ary 21, 2019, but to no avail so far.