Canadian Politicians Entertained LTTE Tamil Terrorists
Handout/ Tamil MirrorMPP Jack MacLaren, left, with M.K. Eelaventhan at the Ontario legislature last Thursday
The Ontario Progressive Conservatives Party had entertained group of LTTE Tamil terrorists who supported the party during the election at Queen’s Park last week. Last Thursday, MPP Jack MacLaren stood in the Ontario legislature to welcome a so called group of “friends and guests” comprised with LTTE Tamil terrorists who supported to the party to gain political advantages for LTTE activities in the state.
Handout/ Tamil Mirror, thetamilmirror.comLast Thursday, MPP Jack MacLaren stood in the Ontario legislature to welcome a group of “friends and guests” he said had come to hear him read a statement about those killed during the Sri Lankan civil war.
One of the LTTE group member known as Manickavasagar Kanagendran, was an appointed representative of the political party aligned with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam terrorists and had “met personally” with LTTE Tamil terrorist leader Prabakaran and its top leaders to plan out terror acts in Sri Lanka and for the fund raising campaigns for LTTE in Canada..
“Manickavasagar Kanagendran was an active and vocal supporter of the LTTE Tamil terrorists, holding a position of importance and working at a high level to further the LTTE’s terror cause,” the IRB wrote. “Kanagendran had knowledge of the crimes committed by the LTTE Tamil terrorists and lent his active support to the group.”
The incident is the latest example of the disconnect between federal officials enforcing Canada’s national security laws and politicians advocating for the overseas causes of their constituents. The incident came just four days after PC leader Patrick Brown and Premier Kathleen Wynne were among several politicians who had paid visits to a Toronto temple the CBSA alleged was controlled by a banned Tamil terrorist group.
MacLaren did not respond to questions. According to a transcript of the proceedings at Queen’s Park, on Nov. 26 he welcomed “my friends from the Tamils for Patrick team” as well as Tamil media outlets and activists, and spoke about the “genocidal onslaught for the Tamils” in Sri Lanka.
Premier of Ontario/FacebookThe Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne, right, shown in this photo alongside Nehru Gunaratnam, former spokesman for the World Tamil Movement, left, along with city councillor Michelle Berardinetti and MPP Lorenzo Berardinetti at an event at the Kanthasamy Hindu Temple.
Eelaventhan is in his 80s. Before fleeing Sri Lanka in 2009, he was a Member of Parliament for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which the CBSA calls a “political front” for the Tamil LTTE Terrorists, an outlawed terrorist group in Canada.
The refugee board ordered his deportation on security grounds in 2012. In 2014, the Federal Court upheld the IRB’s finding that Eelaventhan had been a member of a group engaged in terrorism. A separate allegation that he was complicit in war crimes was quashed.
“We agree there appears to be a need for additional security measures at Queen’s Park,” Macgregor said. She did not elaborate except to say that “there is an ongoing conversation at Queen’s Park regarding security.”
Sergeant-at-Arms Dennis Clark said MacLaren’s guest was not banned from Queen’s Park. “When an MPP invites a guest we take the names,” he said. “But if that MPP has them as a guest then we’re not going to say ‘No you can’t come in.’”
Eelaventhan has a long history of violent activism with LTTE Tamil terrorist propaganda machine both in Sri Lanka and in Toronto. He joined the TNA in 2002 and in 2004, the party appointed him an MP. He lost his seat in 2007 for non-attendance whilke he was busy with LTTE Tamil terrorists.
During a 2007 visit to Canada, Eelaventhan was photographed at an event beside then-prime minister Stephen Harper, although they are not looking at each other and the Sri Lankan had not yet been ordered deported.
Approving Eelaventhan’s deportation, the Federal Court found there was sufficient evidence to conclude the TNA was “subservient” to the rebels, and that membership in the party “was tantamount to membership” in the Tamil Tigers.
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