Canadian High Commissioner wants Sri Lanka to Accomodate Canadian Tamil Diaspora – February 18,2010
Posted on February 18th, 2011

Ira de Silva London, Canada

The Editor
The Island
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Dear Sir:
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The news reported is that the High Commissioner for Canada in Sri Lanka wants Sri Lanka to “accommodate” the Canadian Tamil Diaspora. It further states that he “emphasized the importance of giving the Canada-based Tamil Diaspora an opportunity to be a part of the re-building and reconciliation process”. That is indeed good newsƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ONLY if Mr. Levy hasƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ confirmation fromƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the Canada based Tamil Diaspora that they want to be a part of the rebuilding process. If he has got their commitment, he should publicise it both in Canada and Sri Lanka as otherwise his views are merely wishful thinking.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 
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Mr. Levy must be aware that it was the major portion of the Canadian Tamil Diaspora that for decades funded the LTTE to terrorise Sri Lanka. Since May 2009, the Canadian TamilƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Congress of the Tamil diaspora,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ which is the main group in Canada,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ has made many statements that they will continue to work towards the division of Sri Lanka.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ They are a major part of the so-called Eelam Government in Exile and dedicated to work against the Government and people of Sri Lanka until they divide the country. Just recently they have even started issuing Eelam identity cards. Given these actions, I wonder what part of the Tamil Diaspora Mr. Levy is referring to and wanting the Government of Sri Lanka to give an “opportunity” to when it appears that the only “opportunity” the Canadian Tamil Congress wants is a way to get their Eelam.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

There has been no mention ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ help in reconciliation or rebuildingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  in Sri Lanka even though this same diasporaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ contributed in a largeƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ way towards the destruction and deaths caused by the LTTE in Sri Lanka by their steadfast support of the LTTE, their well known financial support of almost two million dollars a month for terrorism in Sri Lanka, the most well known contribution being to finance the bombing ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the Central Bank in Colombo. As for the Tamil National Alliance in Sri Lanka, which was the mouthpiece of the LTTE, they too have shown no effort to get the Tamil Diaspora in Canada and elsewhere to help in reconciliation and rebuilding. The LTTE millions collected prior to May 2009 are still overseas, more money is being collectedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and the LTTE supporters overseas are continuing their efforts to use their money and numbers to buy politicians toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ condemn Sri Lanka and achieve their goal of Tamil Eelam.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ If the Tamil Diaspora has any concern for those who have been affected by the war they financed, the least they can do isƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  help re-build what they destroyed. In Canada they are “influencing” all the major political parties! Has Mr. Levy made this statement because while the LTTE supporters are trying to “influence” the politicians, the Canadian politiciansƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ of the current Government have “influenced” them to change their attitude towards Sri Lanka from hostile to “accommodating”?ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 
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No one in Canada can forget the events in April-May of 2009 when thousands of LTTE supporters took to the streets in Canada, blocking streets, highways and other lawless acts claiming that they were worried about their relatives in Sri Lanka and wanting the Canadian Government to help stop the war and save the LTTE leadership.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ It cost Canadian tax payers well over a million dollars just to police the protests. They had money to fund the LTTE to terrorise their relatives but no money to help their relatives escape from the stranglehold the LTTE had over them. They only had concern for the LTTE.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 
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Is Mr. Levy aware of any change in their attitude? Until and unless he gets a firm commitment from them that they have given up collecting money and organizing the left over LTTE to destroy Sri Lanka, there isƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ no point in telling the Sri Lankan Government to “accommodate” the Tamil Diaspora because the Sri Lankan government has shown a willingness to “accommodate” them only to be rebuffed with threats of war crimes investigations, governments in exile and other long time LTTE rhetoric.
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Yours truly,
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Ira de Silva
London, Canada

5 Responses to “Canadian High Commissioner wants Sri Lanka to Accomodate Canadian Tamil Diaspora – February 18,2010”

  1. Asoka_Wickramasurya Says:

    I still enjoy your writings and many thanks for that!

    Having said that, I am still waiting from the Sri Lankan government to change her constitution, to one country with nine provinces, (never ever to be merged), one people, Sri Lankans, one flag, one national anthem, one rule of law to all. Never ever to implement the constitutional amendments, forced upon us, during the one and only slave (of the West) dictator (to innocent Lankans) of Sri Lanka (JRJ). Not forgetting very strong treason laws need to be embedded, like what the west has in theirs.

    We are still sitting on the old one, and the entire anti Sri Lankan lobby is using it (in stealth) to destabilise Sri Lanka, whoever leads/runs her.

    It is time to face the diaspora plague/disease, not by accommodating it but to say never allowing to use the ‘I/we are the only victim’ syndrome. Reconciliation should start form them, not with them who has the disease. Same goes to the west that accommodated, supported and financed them to destroy a country. It is time Sri Lanka to stand up and say “Enough is Enough”.

    I myself have ‘grievances’ as I am a southerner who speak a dialect, if any of the southerners have forgotten! Oh, what an excuse!

    We are the most accommodating people on earth. If anyone want to know the list, it should start with the people with The Book who came to SL by the thousands to convert ‘the infidels’ to believers of The Saviour during the tsunami reconstruction, then the others, so called do gooders during the humanitarian operation time. How about an apology for the destruction and the murder they have committed to their own mother land, if they still want to call Sri Lanka as part of theirs, rather than talking about ‘reconciliation’.

    What more to accommodate or to reconciliate with terrorists, and/or its supporters. Peace loving diaspora has not got that mentality. So the question is, what is to reconcile or to accomadate with the terrorists.

    Let the US and its allies do the same with their enemies. Then we will follow.

  2. Kit Athul Says:

    Ira, thanks for the letter. Canadian PUNKS now want to send the Tamils back to Sri Lanka? Increase the Tamils in Sri Lanka? They (Island news papers) know that Tamils are the minority in the Northern Province. Wait for the cencus in 2012! Why can’t Canadians make Tamils work in “SAND OIL FIELDS OF CANADA?” Why Sri Lanka? Thanks again Ira for the challenge. From a Sinhala American.

  3. jayt Says:

    It is great hear there are people like Asoka and Ira in North America, Europe and Australia. But there are many issues that need to be addressed, and Sri Lankan are far away from addressing those issues, for an example one issue- the most of crimes that are presently occurring in Sinhalese society in Sri lanka are not natural ( I feel it has to be related to locally political group or international groups, please do not misunderstand that I do not mean any Tamil group at all). However, I can’t tell why because I do not know what kind of relationship Sri lanka government have with local groups and internationally with other countries and it is right judge or guess anything without any evidence. It could be natural too, but I just notify it to everybody for just to be aware of it.

  4. Sri Rohana Says:

    It is nothing to surprise tamil illiterate rustic lot is a headache to everywhere. Not only to Canada I heard tamil refugee diasporas in France, England, Swiss, Germany, Holland, Norway and in other part of Europe is widely hated by Europeans.
    By the name of accommodation what Canada diplomat saying indirectly that they don’t want tamils. In another word he said, “We don’t want this shit in Canada please take them back”. We know that they are fed up with Canadian tamils now. Canada don’t throw your garbage to our garden.
    If Canada don’t want them then send them back to tamil homeland ( tamil country/tamil nadu). Why can’t tamil nadu politicians accommodate tamils to tamil country. M.Karunanidhi, Jayalalitha! tamils have became hated nation of the world. Take them and settle in tamil country.

  5. jayt Says:

    there is something that all sri lankan are missing which is the friendship issue with the western countries. This is a one of the was talking about it. No problem, Sri lanka association in North America under the leadership of people like Asoka can work out a good friendship treaty after somebody from the West representing all West offer a good compensation package in finance and other mean to us to compensate the damages done to Sinhalese. I have notified about this to one country in the past and there were some positive response. However, nobody in Sri lanka or in Canada, I mean Sri lanka community do not know exactly what is this. This has to be done. This is can be done in Canada under our own term through Lanka org. And direct Sri lanka govt. to follow us. This is a fare deal for every body. Asoka will be notified about this deal, however. he and other Sri lankan in Canada have enough time study and decide whether it is ok to go for a such a deal.

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