A store in Sudbury, northern Ontario, was at the center of a social media meltdown in Canada this week when the store, Chardikala Turban Store, sells turbans and items of the Sikh faith, including traditional head coverings, ceremonial cloths, jewelry and accessories such as hairpins and hygiene items. Gurpreet Singh Broca, who came to Canada from India to study and now works at a Canadian bank, opened the store with the demands of Northern Ontario’s Sikh community in mind so they don’t have to travel to Brampton to buy their traditional clothing. “I just didn’t want to do it for myself, but also for my friends and the community,” Broca said. The Sudbury Star. “When we go to the gurdwara, the Sikh temple, we talk to people who are in the same boat, who depend on people who come from India or Brampton, because there is no other choice. Those are your only options.”The story of Chardikala Turban Store went viral with social media ‘Canada First’ melting down with the increase in Indian population in the country. “We need remigration before Canada becomes the New India,” wrote one.
‘It was a 95% white city’
In the meltdown, a specific post from an account named Jill went viral as the person claimed that Sudbury has always been a 95% white city. “My parents are from Sudbury. My whole family is from Sudbury. I worked for CTV Sudbury.I can say that as someone who spent my entire life traveling to that cold, icy northern tundra (and living there for 2 years), it has ALWAYS been a 95% white town. The fact that so many Indians live there and need a turban shop is mind-blowing,” the post read. “But turning lily-white Sudbury into northern India has been the government’s plan for years. That is why it was targeted for destruction by the Federals as part of the “rural immigration program”. This lethal ethnic cleansing scheme also destroyed North Bay, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie with biological weapons from Africa and India,” he said.
‘Imagine being so fragile’
The racist post sparked strong reactions on social media, with some claiming that Sudbury still remains a white town, with just 300 Sikhs, likely representing just 0.3% of Sudbury’s population.”Imagine having a meltdown over a Sikh guy selling turbans – someone who makes an honest living, doesn’t deal drugs or cause trouble like the losers we let in from Punjab – in a town where there are only 300 Sikhs, representing just 0.3% of Sudbury’s population, while 95% of the town is white. Left,” one wrote. “Imagine being so fragile that a turban shop in Sudbury makes you scream “ethnic cleansing”. That’s not patriotism, it’s racism disguised as a conspiracy theory. Immigrants aren’t “destroying” Northern Ontario, but their paranoia certainly destroys their credibility,” wrote another.
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