Likening LTTE Heroes’ Day to Canada’s Remembrance Day:

Canadian parliamentarians slam LTTE sympathiser

by Manjula Fernando

An LTTE sympathiser, Canadian National Democratic Party MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan was castigated by fellow parliamentarians for making a statement in Parliament likening LTTE Heroes’ Day to Canada’s Remembrance Day.

Canada’s Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said he was “shocked and appalled” at her drawing a parallel between the two events, one commemorating terrorists who exploited suicide bombers to kill even moderate Tamil leaders and the other fallen war heroes of Canada.

“I am shocked and appalled that an NDP member of Parliament would not only endorse the celebration of terrorists, but also equate it to the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day where we honour our fallen Canadian heroes,” National Post quoted the Public Safety Minister as saying and added that the Tamil MP should apologise to veterans and all Canadians for her statement in Parliament.

A moderate Tamil Canadian who wished to remain anonymous told the Sunday Observer over the phone that MP Sitabaiesan has the least knowledge of Sri Lanka and the Tamils living there. “Everything she says is based on LTTE propaganda. She herself has become a propagandist for the outfit.”