Australia obviously doesn’t have principles according to Michael Ignatieff (H/T Maz2):
Ignatieff dismissed calls that Canada should have followed Australia’s policy on refugees and turned the Tamil refugee boat away.
“This is Canada, not Australia,” Ignatieff said. “That means Canada has principles, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our international obligations.“
Anyone from the Liberal camp willing to issue an apology to one of our fellow coalition partners in Afghanistan?
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Sunday Update
Iffy on how he would have handled Tamil ship – BC Blue
Michael Ignatieff: Canada has principles…unlike Australia – Prairie Tory
Ignatieff Does Sack of Hammers – CanadianSense
MSM fails to report ridiculous comments from Ignatieff – Paulsstuff
Smugglers may have made more than $20-million from Tamil ship – National Post (H/T Michael Harkov)
Ottawa vows to stop illegal migrants before they depart for Canada – Globe
End refugee free-for-all – Ezra Levant (Sun)
Very interesting immigration debate going on in Australia. This site is well worth checking out.
And from Lorne Gunter:
In Canada, Tigers and Tiger supporters in the Tamil community have extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from Tamil Canadians by threatening their businesses here or their families back home unless they paid upwards of $2,500 a month to Tiger front groups.
Indeed, the MV Sun Sea, which steamed into Victoria under RCMP and navy escort this week is thought to be the former Tiger gun-running ship, still owned by the terror group. And the Tigers are thought to be behind the current human-smuggling voyage, charging those on board as much as $45,000 each to get them to Canada.
The cash will help the Tigers rekindle their war with Sri Lanka and the refugees themselves may be being used as cover to conceal Tiger commanders who are thought to be eager to set up a government-in-waiting here until such time as they can take up the fight in their homeland again.
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Monday Update
RCMP eyes Canadian financial ties to Tamil migrant ship – Globe:
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said he has been told the organizers of the voyage of the MV Sun Sea, which reached Canadian waters on Friday with more than 450 men, women and children on board, charged up to $50,000 a passenger – for a potential total haul of more than $20-million.
Inside the Harper government, questions are being raised as to whether Canadian residents helped pay, Mr. Toews said in an interview Sunday. It is a criminal offence to give money to a banned terrorist organization or to participate in human smuggling.
Tamil Migrant Story- Some Facts for your Consideration – LankaWeb

