e-2501 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- At one time, Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but today less than five thousand remain;
- Recent bombings, such as those in July 2018 and March 2020, have killed leaders from both communities in Afghanistan, and demonstrates their ongoing vulnerabilities;
- The Minister of Immigration is empowered by legislation to allow vulnerable minorities to come to Canada as privately sponsored refugees, directly from the country where they face persecution; and
- The Sikh and Hindu communities are ready to sponsor Afghan minority refugees.
- Open for signature
- April 2, 2020, at 3:52 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 1, 2020, at 3:52 p.m. (EDT)