DEFEATED TIGERS EYEING CANADA?

Unsurprising turn of events...Terrorists know that Canada has weak enforcement, they would not dare to try to infiltrate the US, Australia or the UK, plus they have thousands of sympathizers in Canada, pushing for "quick" application approvals. Such lack of safeguards would not only be unadvisedly stupid, but would also compound a decade of mismanagement that resulted in Canada being one of the Tigers' favourite places to fundraise and support the civil war in Sri Lanka. Mr. Karigianis opinions show that his only interest is to get re-elected, and forgets that the previous Liberal governments have made a mess of the refugee system adn the family sponsorship criteria, based on their currying favour with those who have votes to offer. Mr. Karigianis should be reminded also that, after every conflict ends, those defeated seek to blend in with the displaced population to gain entry to countries that offer assistance. This was true after WWII, Vietnam, conflicts in Central America in the 1980s and the Rwandan atrocities: Canada has been saddled with war criminals from all over the worls we cannot seem to be able to expel after years of litigation, and in some cases, even decades,, at gret cost to the taxpayers. Increased vigilance and scrutiny is mandatory to prevent unsavoury characters from gaining entry to Canada. Mr.Karigianis needs a history lesson ASAP.


CSIS beefs up screening for Tamil Tigers Extra agents added in Sri Lanka as backlog grows for Canadian visa requests
Bill Curry

Ottawa — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail, Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2009 08:16AM EDT

Canada is boosting its immigration screening in Sri Lanka – shifting overseas CSIS agents from New Delhi to Colombo in a bid to keep defeated Tamil Tiger terrorists from landing here.

In addition to moving agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Canada Border Services Agency from their posts in India, the federal immigration department is adding staff to manage the growing backlog of Sri Lankan visa requests.

Richard Fadden, the deputy minister of Citizenship and Immigration who takes over as head of CSIS on June 27, told MPs Tuesday that any hint of association to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam now triggers in-depth screening.

“We are insisting that all applications that have any possibility of involvement with the LTTE be referred to secondary review either by CBSA or by CSIS,” Mr. Fadden said during an appearance before the House of Commons immigration committee.

Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis, whose Scarborough-Agincourt riding is home to many Tamil-Canadians, accused the government of unnecessary delays at a time when families are desperate to be united in Canada.

“Is it because your department and your government has a view that if you're a Tamil, you're a Tiger, you're a terrorist?” he asked.

“Of course it's not,” replied Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who appeared with Mr. Fadden.

Mr. Kenney has vowed to speed up family-reunification applications coming from Sri Lanka. But his deputy, Mr. Fadden, said security concerns can lead to a second, and even a third round of interviews as part of the application process.

“While we do want to do everything we can to expedite the handling of files, one aspect that can slow down these files are security concerns,” said Mr. Fadden.