{"id":43492,"date":"2015-04-29T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=43492"},"modified":"2015-04-29T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:38:08","slug":"%e0%ae%a8%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%ae%e0%af%88%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%86%e0%ae%af%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/04\/29\/%e0%ae%a8%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%ae%e0%af%88%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%86%e0%ae%af%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1 ( ? )"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahinda Gunasekera <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Hon. Jason Kenney, MP
\nMinister of National Defence
\nand Multiculturalism<\/p>\n

Dear Minister Kenney,<\/p>\n

I do not know what you are trying to communicate to me in a language that I do not understand.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0 you are sending good wishes for the Sinhalese and Hindu New Year celebrated by most Sri Lankans
\non the 14th of April, you are not only late but mistakenly communicating to me in Tamil, the language
\nspoken by a minority numbering less than 12 percent of the population of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

I am a Canadian of Sri Lankan origin from the Sinhalese community.\u00a0 I do not expect you to write to
\nme in Sinhala, but at least in one of the official languages of Canada, preferably in English, instead
\nof Tamil which I cannot read, speak or write.\u00a0 Whatever you are trying to say in Tamil is not understood
\nby me, which some may even consider to be insulting as there are several Canadians of Sri Lankan Tamil
\norigin who are openly hostile towards the Sinhalese and are still seeking to carve out a separate mono-
\nethnic racist state for Tamils out of the sovereign territory of Sri Lanka by whatever means including
\nevery form of violence.<\/p>\n

If your motive is to woo the Tamil speaking voters by sending out belated good wishes for the New Year,
\nyou have once again failed to make an impact as it is two weeks too late.\u00a0 As\u00a0 Canada’s Minister of
\nMulticulturalism, it is indeed sad to note that you have ignored the Canadians belonging to the Sinhala
\ncommunity who have celebrated the April 14th New Year for over two millennia, by selecting only
\nmembers of the Tamil community to receive your good wishes.\u00a0 <\/strong>Selective treatment of a section of
\nCanadians for special treatment by the Minister of Multiculturalism can only lead to damage the
\nmulticultural fabric of Canadian society.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n

Mahinda Gunasekera
\nOn 4\/28\/2015 6:27 PM, jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca<\/a> wrote:<\/p>\n

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