Khalistanis bullied CSIS into making changes in to their national safety report back in 2016 or 2017. I'd say they are very influential.
Please… During the Harper years, Indians made up about 11 to 20% of the overall student population in Canada. Canada was running perfectly fine back then. The only reason Indians are over represented in the college population is because private and public colleges in Canada have boosted their recruitment efforts and marketing to solely focus on India. They’ve picked up on the fact that Indians are desperate to leave India. Most of the Indians attending these colleges barely have money and have taken massive loans just to fund their studies. This is the sole reason that they’re desperate for minimum wage jobs in Canada. The idea that these kids are bringing money is nonsensical.
I won't go into arguments over whether they bring in money or not - as that only leads to discussion without data. But, I certainly don't know of any other country that can provide international fees paying students that scale. There isn't a replacement that I see.
Thing is, Gurudwara politics disproportionately decide voting patterns of Sikhs and they live together and vote in a block. This is why while being 2% of population they have 18 MPs. In a contrast, Hindus are numerically more than Sikhs but have just one 1 MP. And yes, Khalibanis have disproportionate control of Gurdwaras.
We need some Africa bulls in this thread lol
LOL!
Chinese typically do not go for diploma mills like our Punjabis go for. They have moved up in the ladder. Infact, Chinese these days are more demanding on quality than natives here in Canada.
The Sikhs who came in the 80s eventually established businesses in Canada and are extremely wealthy. They are well respected members of the society. They have zero relations to the current crop of punjabi sikh international students coming from rural areas of Punjab, who are often seen as the “rednecks” of India. In fact, if you’ve noticed, for the 700 mostly Punjabi Sikh students who were going to be deported from Canada, it was Jaishankar, the Indian Foreign minister who requested the Canadian government, for them to not be deported. I have no idea where you’ve seen Indo Canadians embracing these people?
The total number of immigration per year in 80s never exceeded 150K, for most years it was 100K (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2016006-eng.pdf?st=UTBzCl3S). Sikhs and Indians in that era were a minority of that number. In 2000s alone this shot up to 200K+. Upshot, 80s sikhs are old and not numerous enough to matter. Its later ones that are now running the show.
Haha!
Yes! Its our boy, the Jug-Meat!
AP/Telangana go to their Mecca which is the US. Surprisingly, I am seeing less Telugu folks here in Canada. But there are sizable number from TN. KA folks are less both in US and Canada.
