Dear Member of Parliament,

It has come to my attention that Kamal Nath has been invited by the Canada India Business
Council to speak on March 23rd, 2010. There is substantial evidence concerning Mr. Nath’s
participation in pogroms and I am disappointed that he is being allowed to speak.

The Canadian Sikh community is deeply saddened that Nath, whose participation in the
November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms in India has been documented by numerous human rights
organizations, will be allowed to enter Canada. Nath, who was then an MP, allegedly led a violent
mob of 4,000 Hindus which destroyed Gurdwara Rakab Ganj in New Delhi. Despite eyewitness
testimony that Nath “was controlling the crowd,” he was never indicted for his role in the three day
pogrom during which at least 3,000 Sikh men, women and children were brutally murdered. By
providing him with a stage, you are sending the wrong message to the world community about
our stand on human rights and our Canadian values.

Sikh community organizations have also protested visits by Kamal Nath to the United States,
including his 2008 speech at Northwestern University in Illinois. Some Western nations, including
the U.S. and Britain, have denied visas to other Indian politicians guilty of crimes against
humanity. Notably, in October 2009, British authorities denied a visa for former Indian Cabinet
Minister Jagdish Tytler, who organized bloodthirsty mobs to exterminate Sikhs in 1984. Similarly,
in 2008 a group of American organizations banned together to demand the denial of an entry visa
to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the 2002 riots.

Tens of thousands of Sikhs have fled persecution in India to find freedom in Canada. Sikhs
implore its Government to adopt a more attentive approach to reviewing future high-profile visa
requests. Canada has always served as a beacon of human rights, yet allowing politicians like
Nath into the country implies tolerance of his crimes. You should strongly consider taking action
in this matter and take steps to ensure that Kamal Nath and other perpetrators of egregious
human rights violations are always restricted from crossing Canadian borders.

Regards,