Gary Anandasangaree must resign as Public Safety Minister
Posted on August 9th, 2025
Asoka Weerasinghe 2066 Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa . Ontario , K1J 6G1
8 August 2025
Editor (Letters)
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Dear Editor (Letters):
I agree with Robyn Urback of the Globe and Mail ( July 31, 2025) that Hon. Gary Anandasangaree, the Minister of Public Safety should recuse himself on public safety matters involving certain designated terrorist groups in Canada as he is incapable of fulfilling the full scope of his duties,
He is unfit for his role as the Minister of Public Safety, (who is a Sri Lankan-Canadian Tamil) due to his past advocacy for a Sri Lankan-Tamil man who was barred entry to Canada due to what officials deemed to be his “protracted involvement” with the Tamil Tigers, When he was parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice. Mr. Anandasangaree wrote two letters urging Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), which now falls under his ministerial purview, to over turn its decision.
I note that Prime Minister Carney backs his Public Safety Minister over letters supporting Sri Lakan’s immigration case. That was unfortunate, as my support for him has Prime minister has dropped several notches, and he won’t recover from this stupidity easily in my eyes.
In My eyes, the bottomline is that Hon.Gary Anandasangaree must resign as Public Safety Minister.
Asoka Weerasinghe
Tel: 613-747-2272