Overview
- Sikhs For Justice, which is banned in India under the UAPA, ran the non-binding vote at Ottawa’s McNabb Community Centre.
- Organizers reported lines stretching nearly two kilometres and said polling continued past the scheduled close to accommodate remaining voters.
- Videos published by Media Bezirgan and coverage in Indian outlets reported chants calling for violence and the desecration of the Indian flag, with police liaison officers on site.
- SFJ general counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, designated a terrorist by India, addressed participants via a satellite message.
- The event coincided with a Carney–Modi meeting on G20 sidelines that organizers criticized, pointing to Canadian intelligence statements linking Indian operatives to plots targeting Canadians.