Classified CBSA Bishnoi Report Makes B.C.’s Extortion Crisis a Results Test for Eby

Global News reported August 6 that it obtained a December 2025 tactical guide from the Canada Border Services Agency’s Intelligence and Investigations Directorate describing the Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s “growing operational presence in Canada.” That is not a normal crime headline. It is a warning that B.C.’s extortion crisis is bigger than any one press conference, task force or tough-on-crime slogan.

The Global report says the CBSA guide profiles alleged key figures, including Goldy Brar as the gang’s “top” North American lieutenant, Harry Boxer as linked to extortions in Canada, and Goldy Dhillon as an alleged subcontractor. Those are allegations and intelligence-report descriptions; guilt must be proven in court. But the public-safety pattern Global describes is concrete: threats, shootings and arsons targeting South Asian Canadians in B.C., Alberta and Ontario.

The B.C. examples matter. Global points to Surrey extortion attacks, shootings at Kap’s Cafe, the 2024 shooting at musician A.P. Dhillon’s Colwood home, and the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey. A companion Global report says the CBSA guide linked the gang’s expansion to misuse of student and work-permit streams, with Indian foreign nationals on study or work permits increasingly identified in organized-crime investigations.

Immigration screening, CBSA intelligence and removals are federal responsibilities. That matters, because provincial politicians should not pretend Victoria alone can seal a national border or fix Ottawa’s visa failures. But David Eby’s government is responsible for the B.C. side of public safety: police resources, Crown capacity, community alerts, victim support, bail-condition monitoring, multilingual reporting channels and transparent results.

That is where the NDP’s rhetoric still falls short. If B.C. is facing a transnational extortion network that recruits local contractors, leans on existing gangs and terrorizes business owners, then British Columbians deserve a monthly public dashboard. How many extortion complaints were received? How many shootings and arsons are linked to these files? How many arrests, charges, convictions, bail breaches, deportation referrals and victim-support contacts? Which communities are getting extra resources, and in which languages are warnings being delivered?

Eby has already argued Canada needs stronger anti-racketeering tools. Fine — study them, with civil-liberties guardrails. But the CBSA story shows the first test is simpler: stop hiding public-safety performance behind broad announcements. Families and businesses under threat need protection. Voters need evidence. And the premier needs to prove B.C.’s response is moving faster than the gangs are.