Western Standard - ＂Insane and disgusting＂： Michelle Rempel Garner on crimes committed by Indian students per report

00:00:00.000 The report showed that India's Bishnoi gang has expanded its criminal network into Canada,

00:00:06.000 allegedly instigating high-profile murders, political assassination, and deepening the

00:00:10.740 current extortion crisis. The report indicated that crimes committed by Indian nationals in

00:00:16.240 Canada on temporary student permits skyrocketed by a whopping 8,800% from 2016 to 2024, while

00:00:24.700 that country was ranked as the top source of foreign students charged with crimes. Between

00:00:29.920 2019 and 2023, 4,000 of those international students were charged with nearly 18,000 criminal

00:00:36.980 offenses. A third of those offenses were considered serious or organized crime-related, while 97% of

00:00:44.300 those crimes were considered violent. In 2024 alone, more than 13,000 criminal charges were

00:00:50.480 against international students from India. I'd like to repeat that all to let 1.00

00:00:55.700 that sink in. 4,000 temporary residents were charged with nearly 18,000 criminal

00:01:02.240 offenses in a recent four-year period. A third of those crimes were considered

00:01:06.860 serious or organized crime related and almost all of those were violent crime.

00:01:11.300 While at the same time judges across Canada are still giving non-citizens

00:01:16.280 convicted of these serious crimes lenient sentences in order to allow them to avoid deportation

00:01:22.600 consequences that have long been set out in Canada's immigration law. That is insane and

00:01:28.160 it's disgusting and it should be considered one of Canada's greatest political scandals and tragedies.

Western Standard - August 11, 2026