BRAMPTON – The city of Brampton, home to Canada’s largest Indian community, has become a real powder keg. On one side, criminal groups like the Bishnoi Gang (an Indian organization listed as a “terrorist entity” by the Canadian government last September, as we wrote here), and on the other, the creeping, latent, but constant “war” between Sikhs (particularly, the separatists seeking independence for their region, Khalistan, from India) and Hindus, have made Brampton a high-risk place, where crimes of all kinds are increasingly occurring. And for this reason—while not naming any of the ethnic groups—Mayor Patrick Brown has decided to take up pen and paper and write to both the federal and provincial governments to ask for help.
In the letter addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney (here: 2025.12.16 – Mayor Brown Letter to Government of Canada re Extortion Funding), Brown writes that “extortion driven by transnational criminal networks has increased at an alarming rate in Peel Region, with small businesses and vulnerable community members being disproportionately targeted through threats of violence, arson, and intimidation. The scale, sophistication, and cross-border nature of these crimes place them well beyond what municipal resources alone can sustainably address. We acknowledge – the Mayor continues – and commend the Government of Canada’s recent actions in British Columbia, including dedicated federal funding for integrated enforcement teams targeting organized crime, as well as investments in victim support, outreach, and safety planning. These measures recognize that extortion and organized crime are national public safety issues requiring federal leadership, coordination, and resources. Peel Region’s extortion rates now meet or exceed those that justified federal intervention in British Columbia. As such, equitable treatment demands that federal support follow crime severity rather than geography. Without comparable federal investment, communities such as Brampton are left exposed to criminal networks that operate internationally, exploit digital platforms, and rely on intimidation to silence victims”.
Hence the request to apply the same measures to Peel Region and Brampton, as also emphasized in a motion presented by Deputy Mayor Harkirat Singh, which the council of the city administered by Brown recently unanimously approved (here: 2025.12.10 – Motion Regarding Brampton Funding to Combat Extortion and Organized Crime). Brown himself attached this motion to both the letter sent to Carney and the one sent to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in which the mayor made the same requests.
In Peel Region alone, in 2024, police counted 490 cases of extortion between Mississauga and Brampton. This is a huge number, but it actually represents only the tip of an iceberg that also conceals the many tensions (like here, or often even resulting in criminal incidents) of one of the most complex and divided communities in Canada. This community, through an indiscriminate mass immigration encouraged by previous governments led by Justin Trudeau, has been allowed to “import” to Canada the explosive issues that until a few years ago were confined to their home country: India. Today, Canadians are paying the consequences of those choices.
In the pic above, Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown (screenshot fromTwitter X – @patrickbrownont)
