In a jaw-dropping display of judicial contortion, Saskatchewan King’s Bench Justice Naheed Bardai looked a convicted immigration fraudster square in the eye, declared him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on 10 criminal counts, and then let him walk out the courthouse door with zero punishment, zero criminal record, and a shiny new civil lawsuit against the very country he scammed.
Meet Gurpreet Singh, a 40-year-old Indian national. He arrived in Canada on a temporary visa and, from 2015 to 2018, ran a documented racket out of a Regina gurdwara. Court evidence showed he forged dozens of fake “job offer” letters claiming non-existent religious worker positions at Sikh temples in Regina and Kelowna. These bogus documents helped other foreign nationals — mostly from India — fraudulently obtain or extend visas and work permits. It wasn’t a one-off mistake. It was a systematic scheme that undermined Canada’s entire immigration system and hurt real Canadians.
In December 2022, after a full trial, Justice Bardai ruled Singh guilty. The judge didn’t mince words. He rejected Singh’s “I just lent my computer to roommates” defence. The evidence was overwhelming.
Then came the twist that should outrage every Canadian taxpayer.
On the eve of sentencing, defence lawyers alleged CBSA investigator Toban Tisdale had intimidated witnesses. Instead of an independent probe, Tisdale and colleagues allegedly started calling the very witnesses themselves, with the accused officer literally in the room or listening in the hallway. Supervisors did nothing. The Crown prosecutor reportedly cheered the results.
Justice Bardai’s July 23, 2025, 106-page ruling granted a permanent stay of proceedings — the nuclear option that erased the guilty verdict entirely. Singh walked free. No jail. No fine. No deportation.
Here’s the part that exposes the breathtaking hypocrisy at the heart of this decision.
The judge wrote that the CBSA’s conduct “offends society’s sense of fair play and decency” and amounted to a “systemic collapse.” He said it violated Singh’s Charter rights and forced his hand.
Let that sink in.
A foreign national who systematically forged documents to cheat Canada’s immigration laws — laws meant to protect our borders, our jobs, our sovereignty, and our people — somehow becomes the victim of “unfair play.” The fraudster who showed zero decency to Canada and its citizens is now the one whose “decency” must be protected.
This isn’t justice. This is judicial treason against the Canadian people.
“Instead, he lectured the border agency about “fair play” while handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to someone who spent years gaming the system at our expense.“
Justice Bardai had the courage to call Singh guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, yet lacked the spine to actually hold him accountable. Instead, he lectured the border agency about “fair play” while handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to someone who spent years gaming the system at our expense. The message to every immigration scammer eyeing Canada? Don’t worry — if the investigators stub their toe on procedure, our activist judges have your back.
This case is Exhibit A of everything wrong with Canada’s judicial system right now.
We’ve seen it too many times: Charter rights — originally meant to protect ordinary Canadians — are weaponized by foreign criminals, especially in immigration and fraud cases. Technicalities trump truth. Procedural purity matters more than public safety or national sovereignty. Judges bend over backwards to find “systemic” problems with law enforcement while giving a pass to the actual lawbreakers flooding our country. Meanwhile, Canadian taxpayers footing the bill for endless court proceedings and shattered trust in the system get nothing.
Singh spent time in remand. He complained about the food. He’s now appealing for permanent residency on “humanitarian and compassionate” grounds. And on January 30, 2026, he filed a civil lawsuit against the CBSA officers involved and the Attorney General of Canada, seeking damages for malicious prosecution and Charter breaches.
The man convicted of running an immigration fraud ring is now demanding money from Canadian taxpayers — and our courts are treating him like the injured party.
This is not “fair play.” This is not “decency.” This is a broken system that protects foreign fraudsters while real Canadians foot the bill and lose faith in their institutions.
The answer matters. Because if this is “justice” in Canada in 2026, our nation is in deep trouble.
Canada belongs to Canadians — not to every scammer with a fake visa and a sympathetic Indian judge.