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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his advisers are no doubt doing everything they can right now to woo different segments of the electorate.

A new poll out by Forum Research indicates that the Liberals are not doing well. While the Conservatives would win the support of 42% of voters, the Liberals trail poorly at 29%, with the NDP coming a distant third.

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Trudeau wants to stay in power. We get it. That’s what politicians do.

There are lines though that shouldn’t be crossed in the pursuit for votes. Trudeau appears to have just crossed one such line.

A recent Public Safety Canada report on terror and extremist threats to Canada identified “Sikh extremism” as one of the many concerns security agencies are keeping an eye on.

This riled up members of the Sikh community, who were outraged by the reference. This is confusing given that the report was clearly only referring to extremists, such as those who plotted and then applauded the Air India bombing of 1985. It was not a wholesale condemnation of all Sikhs.