Western Standard - August 11, 2026


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

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00:00:00 The report showed that India's Bishnoi gang has expanded its criminal network into Canada,
00:00:06 allegedly instigating high-profile murders, political assassination, and deepening the
00:00:10 current extortion crisis. The report indicated that crimes committed by Indian nationals in
00:00:16 Canada on temporary student permits skyrocketed by a whopping 8,800% from 2016 to 2024, while
00:00:24 that country was ranked as the top source of foreign students charged with crimes. Between
00:00:29 2019 and 2023, 4,000 of those international students were charged with nearly 18,000 criminal
00:00:36 offenses. A third of those offenses were considered serious or organized crime-related, while 97% of
00:00:44 those crimes were considered violent. In 2024 alone, more than 13,000 criminal charges were
00:00:50 against international students from India. I'd like to repeat that all to let 1.00
00:00:55 that sink in. 4,000 temporary residents were charged with nearly 18,000 criminal
00:01:02 offenses in a recent four-year period. A third of those crimes were considered
00:01:06 serious or organized crime related and almost all of those were violent crime.
00:01:11 While at the same time judges across Canada are still giving non-citizens
00:01:16 convicted of these serious crimes lenient sentences in order to allow them to avoid deportation
00:01:22 consequences that have long been set out in Canada's immigration law. That is insane and
00:01:28 it's disgusting and it should be considered one of Canada's greatest political scandals and tragedies.