Extremism in Canada: Canada Election 2025: Why Conservative candidate Don Patel was left for heart -hugging emoji

Don patel, conservative PartyThe candidate for the Etobicoke North was removed from 2025 federal election After supporting a controversial social media post, the campaign which called for the exile of some individuals in India.
The post-the post-wide but widely explained in the context of vague but widely interpreted and read: “If these people should be stopped by the Government of Canada and India should be deported, PM Modi can take care of these non-conscious people.” Patel responded to a heart -hearted emoji, a gesture was explained as a support.
While the Conservative Party worked fast to release Patel, called its engagement “clearly unacceptable” with the post, the incident taps in a more complex and unstable political reality – one who has shaped Canada’s domestic discourse and foreign policy for decades: Shadow shadow Khalistan movement And its relationship for terrorism, extremism and diplomatic decline.

Khalistan is not just a movement

The Khalistan movement – which advocates an independent Sikh state outside Punjab in India – is often depicted as a freedom struggle or migrant identity in Canada. But in India, and among the large sections of the South Asian community in Canada, it fulfills very deep meanings.
In 1985, Khalistani was responsible for extremist bombing Air India Flight 182Air is also known as Kanishka, which exploded from the coast of Ireland, killing 329 people, including 268 Canadians. It remains the deadliest work of aviation terrorism before 9/11 – and the worst mass murder in Canadian history. Despite heavy evidence and a long investigation, only one person was convicted. The rest were either freed or never tried. For many people, lack of justice is an open wound, especially within the Indo-Canadian community.
To date, the attack is a chilling reminder that Khalistan is not just an idea – it is quite literally made a weapon, for a destructive effect.

Nijar and Pakistan: Missing reference

The issue achieved a new life in 2023, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the agents of the Government of India of killing Hardeep Singh NizarA Canadian citizen and a prominent Khalistan worker, outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia. The charge triggers a diplomatic firstorm. India denied the allegations and pointed to the history of Nijar’s extremism – a history that was often sacred in Canadian public discourse.
Indian intelligence reports claim that Nizar was not only one worker, but was receiving arms training in Pakistan under the security of hostile groups for both India and the West. He was allegedly associated with efforts to revive Sikh extremism and recruit for separatist reasons from Canadian soil. A report by the Canada Commission later concluded that there was no ‘fixed link’ between any foreign hand and the murder of Nijar.
While the status of Canada has focused on the principle of sovereignty and the rule of law, India has ensured that its main concern is the growing use of the Canadian region as a safe shelter for extremist networks-many Indian original Canadians echoed by people who feel that their voices feel that their voices are drowned by politically mobilized fringe groups.

Symptoms of a big problem

Patel’s post shows the disappointment of a boil in some corners of Diaspora. The belief that Canada has closed one eye for extremism – in part – is not different from Delhi due to the political campaign. Many Indo-Canadians, especially Hindu and liberal Sikhs, have become rapidly uncomfortable with the alleged softness of Canadian politicians on Khalistani extremism. The irony is that Patel is likely to be removed to stop his statement from playing in liberal attacks, but has suffered losses. This confirms the notion that Canadian political parties are deeply entangled in migrant vote-bank politics-where foreign conflicts are imported and enmity for domestic benefits.

Trudeau’s India problem

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All this has surfaced against the backdrop of former PM Justin Trudeau’s own brilliant decline – a decline in which India played a central role. His trip to India, more remembered for Bollywood costumes than diplomacy, first highlighted the innocent of the Trudeau government on South Asian Geophysics. His 2023 Nijar’s allegation caused a lump sum break down.
Attempts to walk on Trudeau’s test – to please domestic Khalistani workers while maintaining bilateral relations – fell under the weight of realpolitic. India retaliated by cutting visas, expecting diplomats and canceling business talks. Even traditional partners like the United States and Australia were ready to renounce Trudeau’s relations with India for the crusade.

The fire is still burning

Don Patel’s expulsion is not the end of this story-it is only one more provoking in a fire that has been burning for decades. As the head of Canada in the 2025 election, the nation must face uncomfortable truth: migrant politics is that the extremism can hide in a simple vision, and it has failed to reconsider with history – from Air India to private – invites its repetition.
In this unstable mixture, politicians like Don Patel can come and go, but deep recognition is still ahead.