Testimony before the Judiciary Subcommittee dealing with Immigration and Border security-pdf

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"For thirteen years the Liberal Party of Canada had been in power playing up to, rather than mastering, radical interests. As Finance Minister, Mr. Paul Martin, later Prime Minister, attended with another cabinet minister a fundraising dinner put on by a Tamil Tigers terrorist front. The Liberals refused to ban the Tigers under the Criminal Code, owing, it is believed, to Tiger control of important Toronto electoral constituencies. And more, during the Liberal Party years in power,the government refused to ban Hamas and Hezbollah. They went so far as to defend their right to
exist legally in Canada. Later the Liberals did ban these terror groups, but only after public outrage, and in one case, the threat of court action.

Now, for just over 100 days the Conservative Party has been in power and there have been hopeful signs. Although constrained by their minority government status, the new government has acted decisively to ban the Tamil Tigers, bringing us into line with other jurisdictions. The evidence is that the government is constructively releasing information about current risks to Canada rather than denying it or hiding it for fear of antagonizing terror-sympathetic votingblocs..........."


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