To add to this, disinformation and misinformation also lead to the polarizing of communities within Canada, which is a very unfortunate situation we're finding ourselves in now. This is not a fight between Sikhs and Hindus in India. This is not a fight between Sikhs and another community, or another community and another community. This is now a struggle for those who believe in the sovereignty of this country and in protecting it from rogue actors like India. That is the actual fight we're facing right now. Misinformation and disinformation polarize communities. There are hate crimes being committed. We're seeing a rise of those against the Sikh community, as well. This is why I mentioned it in one of the four asks that we'll be taking forward around resources to strengthen communities and build those bridges again.
While there are opportunities for media outlets to run with misinformation and disinformation, the impact we're seeing on the ground is that there is polarization—clashes among larger diaspora communities in Surrey, Brampton and other spaces. We're seeing them polarized. We're seeing hate crimes on the rise against the Sikh community, because India's misinformation and disinformation are not just throughout their media but also on social media. Social media, as you all know, is a horrendous space for people to become ill-informed and misinformed very quickly.
I think the threat of it is very real. Countering it, I think, has been a huge problem for us in Canada.