Canada concerned

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The Canadian government is concerned about the anticipated arrival of a ship carrying 200 migrants from Sri Lanka, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, told guests at a luncheon at the Economic Club of Toronto this afternoon, the Canadian media reported.

The 59-metre ship, which Canadian authorities have been monitoring throughout the summer and which is expected to arrive along the British Columbia coast sometime this week, is reportedly a people-smuggling vessel and may be carrying members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a terrorist group outlawed in Canada.

“I don’t want to comment on the operational details, but I can assure you that we are concerned about who is on that ship and why they might be coming to Canada,” Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, told about 50 guests at a luncheon at the Economic Club of Toronto this afternoon.

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Devamithra Monday, 09 August 2010 10:07 PM

- Why are you concerned? Be happy that there will be enough applicants to fill those menial-job vacancies!

baba Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:47 AM

you must be happy. you will be having enough man power to start and support next tamil liberation struggle in canada. cheers!!

Bird Eye Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:06 AM

He is concerned about another rebel movement in this part of the world.

TDDC Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:20 AM

"why they might be coming to Canada," Mr Public Safety Minister , if natives lived in Canada thought the same manner when your forefathers arrived in boats, where would you have been now? By the way, please send the ship back, after unloading the stuff.

A Canadian Tuesday, 10 August 2010 04:34 AM

Why Canada is concerned? Canada is only the country which invites the world anytime. There were millions of criminals and terrorists from other coutries have been setteled down in canada already without any problem. So, why not criminals and terrorists form Sri lanka?

malkanthi Tuesday, 10 August 2010 04:38 AM

Soon there will be sinhala asylum seekers too, due to the jungle law, economic downtrend, unemployment, intimidation, political victimisation, high cost of living etc etc

Ananda S Tuesday, 10 August 2010 05:39 AM

Dont bother because pro-LTTE immigration Tamil lawyers and other Tamil hate mongers including David P. will help them settle in Canada and form more criminal gangs. Poor Canadians!

nihal malli Tuesday, 10 August 2010 05:43 AM

IT IS TIME CANADA DID

James bond Tuesday, 10 August 2010 08:45 AM

you want to ship the cabinet to Canada?

James bond Tuesday, 10 August 2010 08:48 AM

you think its better ion Sri Lanka, in the banana republic? With Gotas, mervyns and WWs?

Ryan Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:21 PM

I support an independent state in Canada for Tamils!

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