Mr. Speaker, 4,238 Canadians have signed this e-petition, and over 5,000 petitioners delivered a paper petition to me last Sunday.
The petitioners say, whereas the Air India bombing of June 23, 1985, which left 331 people dead, was the worst tragedy in the history of aviation terror before 9/11; whereas the victims' families continue to wait for justice and closure; whereas Sikhs in Canada widely believe that this was the handiwork of a foreign intelligence to discredit their political activism and undermine their advocacy work for human rights in India; whereas the recent development within the Sikh community in British Columbia gives credence to this perception; whereas the Canadian government is looking into the growing foreign interference in its political affairs; whereas the Sikhs are living under fear since the murder, or what I call assassination, of Surrey Delta gurdwara president Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023; and whereas, on September 18, 2023, the Prime Minister of Canada stated that there are credible allegations of a link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar; the petitioners, citizens and permanent residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to order a fresh inquiry—