Ira de Silva London, Ontario Canada Hon. S. Blaney, M.P. Minister for Public Safety House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario. Dear Sir: It is reported that you were “shocked and appalled” by Ms. Sitsabaiesen’s statement in parliament to commemorate Tamil Heroes Day which honours the Tamil Tiger terrorists who died during their violent terrorist campaign in Sri […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Why is the media in Sri Lanka and the GOSL being so vague about the details of this disgusting incident? It is a fact that Dr. Nonis was slapped in public by a minister of the government. There were numerous eye witnesses. That a person of the caliber of Dr. […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Canadian High Commissioner says Canada will not be represented at the Victory Day Parade in Matara. Her claim is that “such events won’t help post-war reconciliation”. She goes on to state “I will not be in Matara, but I will be thinking and remembering all those who lost loved ones […]

Ira de Silva  London, Canada Another LLRC type investigation is needed urgently is the view of many Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and overseas.  India abstained from voting against Sri Lanka possibly because in the past two months, when Sri Lankans were aware that India would not support Sri Lanka because of it’s domestic politics which […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Members of Parliament & Senator Segal  I am forwarding an article that appeared on March 23, 2014 in a Sunday newspaper in Sri Lanka. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/03/23/time-to-establish-a-self-governed-tamil-state-in-canada/. Please review it urgently as it provides a solution not only for Sri Lanka, but for Tamil Nadu, India in their goal to separate from India.  […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor New York Times New York, New York Dear Sir: Re: Dispute on Sri Lanka War Crimes Escalates – March 23 by G. Harris and D.Bastians There are several statements in this article that indicate to anyone who has a knowledge of Sri Lanka and the ground realities, that […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka   Dear Sir:   India does not want Chinese ships to enter it’s waters to help  search for the missing Malaysian plane while every other country is doing what they can to help in the search. This typifies Indian attitude to the other countries […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka Dear Sir: Former Indian Union Law Minister R. Jethmalani has confirmed that the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi created the LTTE. Sri Lanka knows this as must any other country that has a passing interest in this region. However what is being ignored in the […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor The Hindu Delhi, India    Dear Sir :   Reference your news item on March 7,2014 that the Indian External Affairs Ministry has indicated that India is yet to take a final call on the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, is this not what India did on two previous occasions when […]

Ira de Silva London,  Canada The Editor, Letters The Telegraph Calcutta, India Dear Sir: It is indicated that India and Sri Lanka were “non-committal” on the third resolution against Sri Lanka tabled at the UNHCR in Geneva. No one in Sri Lanka will find that surprising because they know that India will as usual vote […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Hon. T. Mulcair Leader of the Opposition House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario   Dear Sir:   Further to my letter to you of January 3, 2014 regarding the deceitful, dishonest activities of your rookie M.P. Ms Sitsabaisen on a visit to Sri Lanka, I am forwarding to you a news report […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Canada Hon. T. Mulcair Leader of the Opposition House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario.  Dear Sir: I am writing to bring to your attention the illegal, questionable conduct of your M.P. Ms. R. Sitsabaiesan.  It illustrates the ignorance, arrogance and depths to which Canadian parliamentarians will stoop in their efforts to get a few […]

Ira de Silva Canada Ms. Shelley Whiting High Commissioner for Canada in Sri Lanka Canadian High Commission 33A, 5th Lane, Kollupitiya   Colombo, Sri Lanka   Attention: High Commissioner Shelley Whiting   Dear Madam,   I wrote to you earlier regarding the incorrect information from your mission regarding Mr. Obhrai’s visit to Sri Lanka in November for […]

Ira de Silva London Canada Ms. Shelley Whiting High Commissioner for Canada in Sri Lanka Canadian High Commission 33A, 5th Lane, Colpetty  Colombo, Sri Lanka   Attention: High Commissioner Shelley Whiting   Dear Madam,  I have read your feeble, evasive  response to the article in The Island Newspaper regarding Mr.Obhrai’s comments when he reported back to the Canadian […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Hon. Deepak Obhrai Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign AffairsHouse of Commons Ottawa, Ontario   Dear Sir:    You have made a statement claiming the Government of Sri Lanka did not provide you with air transport to go to Jaffna. You repeated this at your meeting with the Tamils in […]

Ira de Silva Canada It appears that Canada has found another bone to pick with Sri Lanka and is again misusing the concept of human rights. Mr. Obhrai who represented Canada at the recent Commonwealth summit in Colombo now claims that he was deprived of air transport to Jaffna.  There are many accusations made against Sri […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada Roxanne James, M.P. (Conservative)  Parliamentary Secretary for Minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario   Dear Madam:   You have asked for feedback on Mr. Harper not attending the Commonwealth Summit.      Regarding human rights – I do not agree. Canada has no right to criticise […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Brandon Sun Brandon, MB ‚  Dear Sir: ‚  It is indeed strange that the “Harper government says Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority continues to be fearful of the country’s leadership” when they are living productive lives, free of the fear of being blown up in buses, trains, shops etc. […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Letters The Star Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir: I am writing to bring to your attention that you are again reporting inaccurate information on Sri Lanka. The most glaring inaccuracy is “a UN report found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Sri Lankan government […]

Ira de Silva, Ontario, Canada F. Harrison states that she has interviewed these people in the U.K. They have gone there to claim refugee status. All over the world those claiming refugee status make these claims. If they are in the U.K. why do they not go to the British courts? It is said that […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor National Post Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir: Reference this article, what is interesting to note is that Mr. Samathanan came to Canada as a refugee. The inference is that he would have claimed persecution, discrimination, torture etc. to support his application for refugee status. That he lied to get […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada Regarding Mr. Harper’s representative laying flowers for the Tigers, it illustrates clearly that Canada has become the new spokesperson for the Tamil Tigers in their continued effort to divide Sri Lanka and create their Eelam.‚  It also proves that Canada who has‚ supported Tamil terrorism in Sri Lanka for decades continues […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Embassy Magazine Ottawa, Ontario ‚  Attention:‚ ‚ K. Shane ‚  The opinions expressed by R. Thavaratnasingham that the Commonwealth should boycott the meeting are not surprising as he is the president of the Canadian Tamil Congress which organization is anti-Sri Lanka because they support the division of Sri Lanka to […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Embassy Magazine Ottawa, Ontario ‚  Attention: Kristen Shane ‚  ‚ Mr. Dewar’s tone and sentiments in this article indicate that he believes that Canada is in a position of authority on Sri Lanka when he states that the Canadian Government can and should do more to defend democracy and […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada Members of Parliament House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario. News reports from Australia during the visit of the Indian Foreign Minister headlined “India, Australia back CHOGM in Sri Lanka” state that Australia and India will not follow Canada in boycotting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka due to […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Times of India Delhi, India ‚  Dear Sir: ‚  Mr. Singh is still undecided about whether to attend. In the meantime Tamil Nadu is passing resolutions to boycott and politically backed thugs are on the loose in Tamil Nadu to pressure the Central Government. Security is being increased […]

Ira de Silva Canada ‚ Tamil Nadu has unanimously adopted a resolution that India should boycott the CHOGM. It has now been supported by some members of the Central Government as well as the Opposition. According to Ms. Jayalalitha, even “token” representation should “not be allowed”. The question is who is going to “not allow”. Has […]

Ira de Silva Canada ‚ Tamil Nadu has unanimously adopted a resolution that India should boycott the CHOGM. It has now been supported by some members of the Central Government as well as the Opposition. According to Ms. Jayalalitha, even “token” representation should “not be allowed”. The question is who is going to “not allow”. Has […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor The Hindu Delhi, India Dear Sir: Reference your news report regarding the resolution passed in Tamil Nadu now supported by members of the Congress heading the UPA at the Centre as well as members of the Opposition in Delhi, it seems that anti-Sri Lanka behaviour is the only […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dear Sir: The statement by a former Canadian High Commissioner, Mr. Martin Collacottƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ confirms the opinion of many Canadians that they know why the current Canadian Government is making anti-Sri Lanka statements and threatening to boycott the CHOGM in November – it is based […]