Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada

July 7 2009

The Editor (Letters)
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

Sir:

HereƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s a good tiding for the Tamils who demonstrated in the thousands in Ottawa ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and Toronto last April and May and blocked the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto wanting the Canadian Government to intervene to bring their relatives who were liberated from the Tamil Tiger Human Shield ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and now in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps in the North of Sri Lanka.

Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s President Mahinda Rajapaksa on July 1, told his Cabinet that he would not mind Canada and European countries giving asylum to the Tamil internally displaced persons.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He said, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Canada had pledged to accept any number of IDPs.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  I do not mind these countries putting up visa offices in welfare camps to facilitate people willing to leave the countryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.

Smart man!ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  I suppose it gives the opportunity for him to get rid of all the hardcore Tamil Tigers with the civilians who want to leave the country and let the Tamils who wish to stay back ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ remain and work out solutions to their grievances democratically.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  That is happening right now as I write.

HereƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s the opportunity Canada.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Siphon the Tamils out.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  We need the numbers, whether they are terrorists or not. Let the Conservatives, Liberals and NDPiers fight it out to bloat their voter banks saying that they were the ones who helped bring the Tamils out of Sri Lanka to join their relatives already in the GTA.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And hopefully there wonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t be anymore aggressive public demonstrations by the Tamils in Ottawa and Toronto.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  I suppose our Intelligence and Police can cope with Tamil Tiger terroristsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ farms that mayƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ pop up in Canada.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And no doubt Canada is rich enough to put every Tamil who lands in Canada on welfare until they settle down and find employment to fend for themselves.

To every politician who participated in the Emergency Debate on Sri Lanka ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in parliament on February 4 and preached to the Sri Lankan government ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-We are Holier than ThouƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚, now you have it, so letƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s get on with it.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Siphon the Tamils out of Sri Lanka to your hearts content.

Deepak Obhrai, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs who is in Sri Lanka right now no doubt will be the messenger who will bring that good tiding for our politicians and the Tamils.

Asoka WeerasingheƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚