Sikh & India (Alleged) Shenanigans in Canada (split fm Non-Muslim terr thread)

[Haggis]

I very specifically and deliberately stay out of the gun control thread. I don’ know if or how the government might try to divert federal resources to any of that. I suspect little would be available to be spared from what they’re already doing in federal policing unless the government decided to hemmorhage overtime funding at it.

There's a difference here between the compensated confiscation program and federal firearms laws which many people miss.

Local Police Services are refusing to participate in the program (which is not a law) as they see no crime fighting value in it for the amount of effort it will require, whether funded or not by the feds. That is not "refusing to enforce the law". But, come the end of the amnesty, if they come across someone in possession of a banned firearm, I expect they will act as per the Firearms Act. I doubt the feds will be proactively pursuing gun owners over this, but I was also surprised eariler this week by the actions of the SQ on the firearms front. Different topic for a different thread.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

No? Public order policing is a matter for the police of jurisdiction- municipal or provincial. RCMP would investigate any hypothetical national security offences (participation in terrorist activity; terrorist financing or propaganda), but that wouldn’t be visible to the public, and it would happen separate from any public order work being done by whoever polices that area.

Municipal permits for protests are more a matter of municipal convenience. Protesting without one is not criminal. It’s up to municipalities how hard they want to push on that, but there’s only so far before it becomes a Charter issue.

Anyway. Yeah- clearing the streets of protesters isn’t a federal thing. In very rare instances, RCMP who are not also the local police of jurisdiction might be asked for assistance (e.g., Windsor and Ottawa blockades), but that’s assisting POJ, not inherent to the federal part of their mandate.

The Federal government likley can declare that such a protest/parade fall under a Foreign Affairs mandate and ask the Province not to allow any such permits to be issued, the Municipality is beholden to the Province. Not issuing the permit and actively blocking the parade/protest, will help on the diplomatic side, because I can bet the Indian government has protested this to their Canadian counterparts. If Canada is seen to do nothing, India might decide to restart their own clandestine operations again.

 

[brihard]

The Federal government likley can declare that such a protest/parade fall under a Foreign Affairs mandate and ask the Province not to allow any such permits to be issued, the Municipality is beholden to the Province. Not issuing the permit and actively blocking the parade/protest, will help on the diplomatic side, because I can bet the Indian government has protested this to their Canadian counterparts. If Canada is seen to do nothing, India might decide to restart their own clandestine operations again.

I apologize up front for being super blunt, but none of that has any relation to the reality of how operational decision making for police works. Governments cannot direct specific police operations, full stop.

 

[mariomike]

I think, no more parade permits for them

I'm more used to seeing parade floats with children dressed up as elves and leprechauns.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I'm more used to seeing parade floats with children dressed up as elves and leprechauns.

Toronto Pride is so weird.

 

[The Bread Guy]

If Canada is seen to do nothing, India might decide to restart their own clandestine operations again.

Bold choice of verb right there.

 

[CountDC]

Only time I saw the RCMP take on municipal policing was In 1981 when Halifax Police went on strike. Was a massive party everywhere then the RCMP arrived. They did not mess around and downtown streets were cleared real quick. My brother and his friends left in a hurry when they saw one smack a mouth piece in the arm with the billy club (or what ever they called it, we called it billy club). Sounded like the arm broke by the cracking sound, he screamed like a banshee and dropped to his knees. They decided it seemed like a good idea to head out rather than risk getting hit.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Meanwhile, in Surrey...

Man shot dead in Surrey, B.C., is alleged top Bishnoi gang member, fifth estate investigation reveals​

Following fifth estate report, RCMP confirms victim in daylight shooting was Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring​

A fifth estate investigation reveals a man killed in a Surrey, B.C., shooting earlier this year is alleged to be a high-ranking Bishnoi gang member named Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring, better known as Sam Canada.

A man shot in broad daylight in a targeted killing at an office building in Surrey, B.C., early last month was allegedly a "main handler" for the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang and had alleged ties to cricket fixing, the fifth estate has learned.

The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the man was killed in an office inside a building complex on May 4 just after 3 p.m. local time.

For more than five weeks, investigators did not identify the victim or a motive for the shooting despite its public and brazen nature, leading to intrigue and suspicion within the community.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alleged-top-bishnoi-leader-shot-dead-surrey-9.7227814

 

[OldSolduer]

Some folk need a good killin…

 

[brihard]

Meanwhile, in Surrey...

Man shot dead in Surrey, B.C., is alleged top Bishnoi gang member, fifth estate investigation reveals​

Following fifth estate report, RCMP confirms victim in daylight shooting was Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring​

A fifth estate investigation reveals a man killed in a Surrey, B.C., shooting earlier this year is alleged to be a high-ranking Bishnoi gang member named Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring, better known as Sam Canada.

A man shot in broad daylight in a targeted killing at an office building in Surrey, B.C., early last month was allegedly a "main handler" for the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang and had alleged ties to cricket fixing, the fifth estate has learned.

The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the man was killed in an office inside a building complex on May 4 just after 3 p.m. local time.

For more than five weeks, investigators did not identify the victim or a motive for the shooting despite its public and brazen nature, leading to intrigue and suspicion within the community.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alleged-top-bishnoi-leader-shot-dead-surrey-9.7227814

Just for context, a reminder that the Bishnoi gang is now a listed terrorist entity.

There are cultures in which fixing cricket matches would make that statement redundant.

 

[mariomike]

Toronto Pride is so weird.

I'll take your word for it.

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Brampton Parade Float Shows Girls as 1984 Martyrs with Grenades

I think, no more parade permits for them

Might be a sensible idea.