Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1

May 22, 2010

Hon. Brad ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Duguid, MPP
Minister for Energy andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Infrastructure
LiberalƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Government ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Ontario
Queens Park, Toronto

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Dear Brad Duguid:

I have just read a news item which headlined ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…” The Government of Ontario joins Canadians of Tamil descent in observing the solemn one-year anniversary of the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” MinisterƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.

I was shocked and dismayed to read its content when it said, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Tamils in Sri Lanka and in the Diaspora commemorate the 1^st anniversary of the genocide that took the lives of more than 40,000 Tamil civilians including tens ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ thousands of children.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The occasion constantly remind them the immense sacrifice of those individuals. Tamils were assaulted with heavy weaponry including internationally banned cluster bombs and chemical weapons by the Sri Lankan forces, on narrow stretch where more than 300,000 of innocent civilian were herded into.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It was a complete darkness in the pages of Humanity.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚

Not knowing who you were I looked up the directory of the Ontario Members of the Provincial Government, and it did not surprise me to know that you were another stupid cone-headed Liberal when it comes to oiling the palms of your Tamil constituents to keep their votes glued to your name.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-What a bunch of idiotsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚, I told under my breath.

Then searching for the constituency that you represent, I wasnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t surprised to find out that you represent Scarborough the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Little Jaffna.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  That said it all, Brad.

Let me deal with this crap that you as a Liberal MPP wanted to associate with which belittled the truth of this Eelam War which slashed, cut, quartered and buried the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TruthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ of this ugly episode in Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s history.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  I happened to be a Sri Lankan-Canadian of Sinhalese stock.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And that is the very reason that I want to educate you with the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-truthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ which is contrary to the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Tamil FactsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ that you have glumly swallowed which has been spoon-fed in small doses ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  vicious liesƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ by the Tamils in Scarborough, the Little Jaffna.

ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-GenocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ you charged the Sri Lankan Government.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  What a crotch full of cods wallop.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  During the latter few days of the Eelam War during April and May 2009, the Sri Lankan armed forces rescued 288,000 Tamils from the sliver of beach in Mullaitivu in the east of Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers kept them as a human shield hoping that it would be a deterrent for the Government to decimate them who haemorrhaged Sri Lanka for 27 long years.

They were herded from the west coast to the east coast through 30 months as a human shield by the Tamil Tigers and not by the Government Armed Forces, and no Canadian Liberal, federal as well as provincial governments screamed and hollered at the Tamil Tiger leaders to let these Tamils go who were kept inƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ squalor conditions.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And thatƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s the damn ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”FactƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ Brad, and shame on you bunch of bleeding heart Liberals.

Contrary to the manufactured charges of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-genocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ by you Liberals the actual scenario became clearer by March, April and early May of 2009, when this human shield kept shrinking as most of the Tamils managed to escape to the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”No Fire ZoneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ created by the Government Forces, dodging Tamil Tiger bullets that were fired at them for abandoning them. And that is another ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”FactƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, Brad.

On February 9, 2009, a Tamil Tigress, a suicide bomber attempting to infiltrate into the temporary Rescue and Relief Centre set up by the Government in Vishuanamadu blew herself up killing 29 and injuring 64 persons including 15 soldiers tending to the needs of the Tamil civilians who ran away from the clutches of the Tamil Tigers to the safety of the arms of theƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sri Lankan soldiers. And you Brad call this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-genocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  My foot!ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  How stupid!

On February 10, 2009, the Tamil Tigers opened fire on fleeing Tamil civilians in the Udayarkttukualm area in Mullaitivu killing 19 including 2 children, 5 woman and 12 men, and further injuring 75 among whom were 28 children, 30 women and 17 men.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Despite the armed attacks by the Tamil Tigers on the fleeing Tamil civilians, that day a total of 1,046 had sought refuge from the government at this location.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And that is a God damn fact, Brad.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-GenocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ you said.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Just cut out that crap Brad, and give ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Holy TruthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ a chance to survive another day.

By May 18, 2009, when the Tamil Tigers, according to the UN the most ruthless terrorist outfit in the world, were finally wiped outƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ by the Sri Lankan Government armed forces, they had rescued 288,000 Tamils who were kept hostage by the Tamil Tigers as a human shield.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And that is the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Holy TruthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ Brad.

These rescued Tamils were housed in temporary welfare villages, and the government prepared a million meals a day to feed them three meals a day so that they wonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t go starving or even die of starvation.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And all those meals were prepared by the majority Sinhalese who did not want their Tamil brothers and sisters suffer anymore.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And do you call this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-GenocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ Brad; you must be joking!ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In my lexicon, that deed is called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Love and Compassion towards oneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s mankind.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ And that was executed by the majorityƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sinhalese. With all that said, you happened to be one lousy, lying Liberal in my eyes to call all this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”genocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.

You might wonder what happened to the 288,000 Tamils who were rescued, the act you depict as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-genocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Eleven months later, 220,000 of them were resettled in their original homes having had the roofless and bullet pock marked houses renovated and some were newly built homes for them.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And thatƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s a miracle when USƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ Katrina victims are still housed in temporary Trailer parks.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The other 60,000 will be resettled soon; no sooner the terrain has been demined, where millions of landmines had been planted by the Tamil Tigers who were running away for their lives ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ having their butts whipped by the Government armed forces, herding the Tamil civilians along with them.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Let it be clear that 10 years after the Kosovo battle ended some of the villages in the Balkans are still being demined.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Sri Lanka has done miracles for her Tamil peoples.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  You cannot ask for more than that. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Let not your Tamil constituents breathe anymore lies into your ears for you to spew out in public and get my goat along the way.

The Tamils who were resettled were given six months of dry rations, a bank of seed money, utensils and farming tools to pick up their lives that the Tamil Tigers held back for 27 years for their selfish motive of a mythical dream which they thought they could claim their mono-ethnic, racist, Tamil state Eelam at any cost.

The rescued child soldiers have been rehabilitated and were handed over to their parents, recently. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ They are back at school and some are on their way to enter University to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, diplomats and what not.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And this is no formula for ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-GenocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚, Brad

LetƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s cut out this Tamil propaganda.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  And what I have told you is the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Holy TruthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, and I do request you bunch of Do-Do Liberals to give the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”TruthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ a chance.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  What ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”GenocideƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ Brad?ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  DonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t you ever come out with this crap again as you will hear my voice loud and clearly one more time.

If your Tamil constituents tell you that I am fabricating these stories, invite me to debate these rascals, and I will accept that invitation willingly, even though I know that my voice will be drowned by insults by your constituents.

Sincerely,

Asoka Weerasinghe