Ned Yeung 🍉

'Asked Wednesday during a pre-trip briefing with reporters if agents of the Indian government are currently involved in extortion or threats of violence in Canada, a federal official said Ottawa has a very robust diplomatic engagement with India.

The official, who was speaking on background, said Canada is confident the activity isn’t continuing, and said if it was Canada would not be having the types of discussion being held.

He said if Canada believed India was actively interfering in Canada’s democracy, Carney would not be taking this trip.'

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/sikh-canadians-say-state-violence-a-continued-threat-ahead-of-carney-going-to-india/

'The World Sikh Organization of Canada
called the official’s comments “utterly false” and said it “does not align with what Sikh Canadians are experiencing on the ground and what we are seeing firsthand.”

“The WSO is aware of incidents in the past six months of individuals being surveilled, harassed and intimidated by agents of the government of India.

The Carney government has failed to hold India accountable or to create any meaningful safeguards to ensure that Sikh Canadians are protected from foreign interference and transnational repression. Declaring the problem resolved does not make it so.”'

https://globalnews.ca/news/11706768/indian-government-no-longer-targeting-canadians-senior-official/

'B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal, who represents the riding where Nijjar’s murder took place, said Wednesday he has shared his constituents’ concerns about Carney’s trip with the Prime Minister’s Office.

“Canadian lives matter, and Canadian lives and the rule of law takes priority. That’s what I’m going to say,” Dhaliwal said on his way into the weekly Liberal caucus meeting.

“We have to do trade with other nations, but at the same time our record on human rights, protecting the rule of law, Canadian lives and Canadian sovereignty is our duty.”'

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Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat ahead of Carney going to India

Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on his mission to expand Canada’s non-U.S. trade.

CTVNews
Feb 26 at 6:08pmWeb
Show threadNed Yeung 🍉Feb 26

Now I do believe that we can move forward on International trade relations WITHOUT throwing racially marginalized Canadians under the bus through dismissal and denial.

By saying "Canadians are now safe", Carney's government is ideologically abandoning our Sikh and Punjabi communities in Canada, who continue to see escalated threats and extortion by agents of the Indian government, and the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, who are now implicating family members of their pro-Khalistan targets.

Protection of our Punjabi communities in Canada should be centre in trade negotiations with India, not a burden to be tossed aside. When you protect your own communities in solidarity you hold more power in bargaining, not less.

Refusal to hold the Indian government accountable for foul treatment of Canadians only weakens Canada's position.

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Show threadNed Yeung 🍉Feb 26

This has me thinking a lot about independence, sovereignty, and separatist movements.

Punjabi are a distinct ethnic group in India, much like Palestinians are separate from their neighbors, and Ukrainians are from Russians. 20 million Punjabs probably deserve their independence and sovereignty. Whether you agree with their separation from India or not, you cannot cast it aside and claim it has no merit.

Quebecors are culturally distinct from English-speaking Canada as well, and nobody can deny that. But with 1/4 of Canada's population, I feel they are more an integral part of Canadian culture than separate from it.

On the other hand, there is nothing which makes Albertans culturally or ethnically distinct from the rest of Canada. Nor do we identify as "cowboys" or "oil riggers", as a tiny minority of Albertans do. We are just Canadians.

But looking closer at the Alberta Separatist movement, you will find that there is no actual attempt to define Albertans as separate in cultural identity from Canadians. Instead, the basis of their argument is that Albertans are distinct due to our capital WEALTH, and supposed "ownership" (which we've actually sold off to US oil corporations) of Canadian natural resources! That is NOT a case for independence!

They have even attempted to "create" a fake Albertan identity, trying to start new "Alberta traditions" like celebrating Alberta Day instead of Labour Day with the rest of Canada. Except that no Albertans outside of the UCP celebrates Alberta Day, and the truth is that Alberta has an INCREDIBLY RICH AND MEANINGFUL LABOUR HISTORY, and it's only getting stronger! In the 2020s we are now on the brink of a labour revolution in Alberta!

The Alberta Federation of Labour was formed in 1912. Edmonton and Calgary went on general strike in 1919 in solidarity with Winnipeg. In the '70s, Oil Chemical and Atomic workers within the AFL bridged occupational health and safety concerns with environmental issues of air and water pollution. In 1995 we had the Calgary laundry workers' strike and in 2020 the AUPE healthcare workers' wildcat strike. In 2025 we saw tens of thousands of Albertans in EACH of our sister cities rallying in solidarity with striking teachers, day after day!

Yes, Albertans are unique, but not for being cult followers like the UCP says we are. Most Albertans stand up to tyranny, but make no mistake that we identify as Canadians and will never identify with the fake Alberta identity that the UCP is pushing on us. OUR Canada includes people of diverse background. REAL Albertans are not xenophobic white Judeo-Christians who bribe immigrants to come here and work, make them pay taxes, then deny them healthcare and public supports. REAL Albertans do not change our impressionable K-9 school history curriculum to assert our Judeo-Christian heritage and deny our Indigenous roots.

REAL Albertans need to take Alberta back, as a force in Canada to be reckoned with! Through solidarity with our diverse Canadian population, not division!

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Show threadHandler SkylerFeb 27
@ned Impressive use of the Circular Argument Logical Fallacy by that federal official