I was very young when the Air India bombing happened. I’ve always found it strange that it hasn’t remained a major day of mourning since we lost so many Canadians that day. Im grateful for the back story and learning more about how and why it transpired. Its been a great (though horribly tragic) history lesson, so thank you.
I was 16 when the Air India bombing happened and remember quite vividly to this day a news story showing a woman with beautiful black hair being lifted out of the water. It is a disgrace how few people remember or even know about that terrorist attack. I am grateful to be able to subscribe to this newsletter to get information not covered by the mainstream. I can't help wondering if Trudeau is reluctant to take a stronger stance on this issue because of his reliance on Jagmeet to keep him in power? I don't recall Jagmeet speaking out against what is happening with this Khalistani movement.
Thank you Terry. I'm looking forward to the continuation.
One of my employees, and a good friend, had a nephew on that flight. For years afterward he and his wife were saddened by what happened. But it was all a mystery. Some blamed rivalry between the RCMP and the recently created CSIS for dropping the ball. That could well have been true. From what I have seen over the years, both were incompetent. But that doesn't explain the lack of interest of our governments, both Conservative and Liberal, ever since. Could it really be that the Khalistani vote, and money and volnteer work, is that important? That's hard to believe.
Thanks for keeping us up to speed on these developments Terry, not hearing a peep otherwise.
I took an interest in this sad storyline many years ago while a student in Cowichan high school . A south Asian friend of mine remarked about another group of students that they were “Khalies” which puzzled me but I didn’t push it, was friends with all of them and I forgot about the comment.
Several years later the tragic Air India bombing occurred , I recalled this comment and the actual depth of the animosity struck . And yes, I remember Inderjit Singh Reyat from the auto parts store on the south side of Duncan.
Votes are the means to the end. It's the gaining and holding of power, a destructive intoxicant. Every politician sent to fix it have succumbed to its lure and turned out to be worthless. Meanwhile the country smoulders and burns while politicians fence with each other in Ottawa and pretend they're working for us.
True. But to gather “enough” votes one has to promise things that are either impossible or in some cases, just designed to foment more internal conflict which then generated even more votes. Both major parties play this game.
Great column! I read Meera Nair's column. The fact that she draws hope from a few lights on an Edmonton bridge is truly sad. After (30?) years, this is the best contemporary recognition of the mass murder of her people she can cling too?
I believe all parties indulge in the quest for power. Look at Singh propping up the Trudeau Liberals. He says he doesn't want to put Canadians through the rigours of an election. Some people say it's because he wants his pension vested which doesn't happen until 2025. My view, it has little to do with a vested pension because Singh is by no means a poverty case It's because he's in the power broker's seat and he's lovin' the high.
Oh I also believe all parties do this. I did not mention NDP only because they appear to have even less of a chance to form govt after having thrown their lot in with JT.
Terry, I’ve been noting with concern the increased presence of ‘Khalistan’ bumper stickers on cars and trucks out here in the Fraser Valley, the letters being formed in the shape of an AK-47. The significance of this is lost on most non-Indo-Canadians, but this is tantamount to ‘Al-Qaeda’ bumper stickers. It’s brazen, and it’s a growing problem.
I was very young when the Air India bombing happened. I’ve always found it strange that it hasn’t remained a major day of mourning since we lost so many Canadians that day. Im grateful for the back story and learning more about how and why it transpired. Its been a great (though horribly tragic) history lesson, so thank you.
I was 16 when the Air India bombing happened and remember quite vividly to this day a news story showing a woman with beautiful black hair being lifted out of the water. It is a disgrace how few people remember or even know about that terrorist attack. I am grateful to be able to subscribe to this newsletter to get information not covered by the mainstream. I can't help wondering if Trudeau is reluctant to take a stronger stance on this issue because of his reliance on Jagmeet to keep him in power? I don't recall Jagmeet speaking out against what is happening with this Khalistani movement.
Thank you Terry. I'm looking forward to the continuation.
One of my employees, and a good friend, had a nephew on that flight. For years afterward he and his wife were saddened by what happened. But it was all a mystery. Some blamed rivalry between the RCMP and the recently created CSIS for dropping the ball. That could well have been true. From what I have seen over the years, both were incompetent. But that doesn't explain the lack of interest of our governments, both Conservative and Liberal, ever since. Could it really be that the Khalistani vote, and money and volnteer work, is that important? That's hard to believe.
Thanks for keeping us up to speed on these developments Terry, not hearing a peep otherwise.
I took an interest in this sad storyline many years ago while a student in Cowichan high school . A south Asian friend of mine remarked about another group of students that they were “Khalies” which puzzled me but I didn’t push it, was friends with all of them and I forgot about the comment.
Several years later the tragic Air India bombing occurred , I recalled this comment and the actual depth of the animosity struck . And yes, I remember Inderjit Singh Reyat from the auto parts store on the south side of Duncan.
Why JT courts those in Canada pushing Kalistan? Votes. As usual. The “V” word is responsible for many little and some large faux-pas.
Votes are the means to the end. It's the gaining and holding of power, a destructive intoxicant. Every politician sent to fix it have succumbed to its lure and turned out to be worthless. Meanwhile the country smoulders and burns while politicians fence with each other in Ottawa and pretend they're working for us.
True. But to gather “enough” votes one has to promise things that are either impossible or in some cases, just designed to foment more internal conflict which then generated even more votes. Both major parties play this game.
Great column! I read Meera Nair's column. The fact that she draws hope from a few lights on an Edmonton bridge is truly sad. After (30?) years, this is the best contemporary recognition of the mass murder of her people she can cling too?
I believe all parties indulge in the quest for power. Look at Singh propping up the Trudeau Liberals. He says he doesn't want to put Canadians through the rigours of an election. Some people say it's because he wants his pension vested which doesn't happen until 2025. My view, it has little to do with a vested pension because Singh is by no means a poverty case It's because he's in the power broker's seat and he's lovin' the high.
Oh I also believe all parties do this. I did not mention NDP only because they appear to have even less of a chance to form govt after having thrown their lot in with JT.
Terry, I’ve been noting with concern the increased presence of ‘Khalistan’ bumper stickers on cars and trucks out here in the Fraser Valley, the letters being formed in the shape of an AK-47. The significance of this is lost on most non-Indo-Canadians, but this is tantamount to ‘Al-Qaeda’ bumper stickers. It’s brazen, and it’s a growing problem.
I've seen. Also Khalistan jackets with an AK47 or some other such assault rifle on the back.
Enlightening as always Terry, thanks for this...
I wonder where "Jugmeet" stands on this issue today....
I had the opportunity to meet with one of the crash investigators. It is a shame the results of the investigators were never made public.