My last post began with the NSICOP report and a phrase that seemed tailor-made to undermine India's dual concerns about credible threats of violence against Indian diplomats in Canada and Canada’s indifference to celebrations of violence in the name of Khalistan. Politicizing such an important report is disturbing, but it was not the first time…
Last week’s release of the Special Report on Foreign Interference on Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions (known as the NSICOP report) raises far more questions than it answers. However, a few sentences invite scrutiny with respect to a domestic matter. The report indicates that while China is the primary concern, “India’s foreign interference efforts have…
Earlier this month I continued the correspondence I began two years ago; I wrote to influential Members of Parliament about the bombing of Air India Flight 182 and requested appropriate acknowledgement of this national tragedy within the seat of government. Excerpts of my letter were published this past weekend by Vancouver Sun and The Province…
In December 2007, retired Supreme Court Justice John Major released the first report of the inquiry into the bombing of Air India Flight 182, titled The Families Remember. It portrays the human dimension of the tragedy – that before those 329 became victims, they were real people. They lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. They were…
On Friday June 22, the House of Commons rises for the summer recess. Our Members of Parliament will likely return to their home ridings, in part to reconnect with constituents but also to enjoy family and friends. In this respect, June 23 marks the start of their summer holidays. But how many of our elected…
"They remembered their daughters had loved roses. One girl had loved red roses, the other white. There were gardens with rosebushes in Bantry, so they asked the owner of one garden, could they please pluck a rose. And the owner and her neighbors told the Lawrences to take not one, not a bunch, but gardensful."…
Remembering June 23 