2026 Sikh Advocacy Mandate

The 2026 Sikh Advocacy Mandate is a comprehensive policy report outlining our community's priorities for elected officials and policymakers across the country.

This Mandate emerges from a robust community-led data effort conducted in May 2025. We led an extensive consultative process with Sikhs across Canada, engaging gurdwara leadership, community organizations, and nearly 2,000 grassroots survey respondents on urgent political, human rights, and legislative issues. The results were clear and demonstrated unified priorities across geographic and demographic lines on five core areas.

The timing is significant. Sikhs in Canada face an unprecedented convergence of threats. India's foreign interference and transnational repression targeting our community has been documented by Canada's Foreign Interference Commission. The assassination of community leadership by agents of the Indian government marked a turning point that demands sustained action. At the same time, domestic far-right movements and sophisticated disinformation campaigns continue to fuel anti-Sikh hate across the country.

The Mandate addresses these realities head-on with concrete policy recommendations:

• Establishment of dedicated funding to combat anti-Sikh hate
• Launch of an independent public inquiry into Indian activity in Canada
• Protection for political dissidents facing credible threats
• Reforming legislation to ensure meaningful Charter protections
• Ensuring Canada's foreign policy reflects its stated commitment to human rights

This project is an invitation to partnership. We seek to work collaboratively with leaders and stakeholders across the country to build a safer, more inclusive, and resilient shared future. The challenges we face require coordinated action at every level of government, and our community is organized and ready to engage.

Read the full 2026 Sikh Advocacy Mandate to understand the priorities driving Sikh political advocacy in Canada and how we can work together to address them.