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“Yesterday my campaign learned of a blatantly homophobic radio ad being aired on the Canadian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation (CTBC) radio station, which states: “Take Rob Ford for example. His wife is a woman.” The ad urges voters to vote for Rob Ford. My campaign recorded the ad and had it translated – the full transcript [...]

Tamil Community Statement Condemning Racism and Homophobia 

We condemn unequivocally the racist and homophobic campaign message that was recently broadcasted in support of mayoralty candidate Rob Ford on the Canadian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation (CBTC). Following widespread public condemnation by Tamil Canadians and community leaders, the CTBC has removed this inflammatory message from its broadcast. We thank [...]

Away in Edmonton on work, when I got half a dozen calls about a disgusting radio ad in a Tamil radio CTBC- Canadian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation, run by Illaybharati, I was puzzled.

When I heard the recording of the ad in YouTube, I felt like puking. This is disgusting in many ways. By placing such an [...]

The Junta in Burma knows one thing well,- don’t bite the hand that feeds you! But for Chinese journalists, Burma has banned international observers and journalists from monitoring and covering the upcoming election.  It is clear that the Junta is coming under severe international pressure and agreed to host elections, though flawed from the beginning. Suu Kyi release [...]

Dear Merkel:

It was disappointing to hear your say Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”

It failed because you thought Multiculturalism is a cookie that you throw at immigrants to keep them happy, when it can be your future bread and butter… Politicians always confuse between Multiculturalism and diversity. Multi-culturalism as it [...]

Burma VJ monks in town

 Two Burmese Buddhist monks, U Pyinya Zawta and U Agga Nyana, who played a leading role in the 2007 Saffron Revolution, will be in Canada to tell their first-hand stories and discuss the current political situation in Burma when the Academy Award-nominated documentary on their movement – Burma VJ – is [...]

I have been away from blogs for a while, more engrossed in twitter but I’m back to blogs and as there is a lot of political activity with municipal elections and controversies around it, I will be blogging more on it in the coming months.

As for the heading, sounds interesting eh. Yes, it [...]

This is long due, but now than never. I’m delighted to be voted among the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant award winners for 2010 and the youngest ever to receive the award. Truly a humbling and motivating moment. It’s an award that is given out by Canadian Immigrant Magazine, which is part of the Toronto Star [...]

My joint oped with Avinash Gavai in the National Post.

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/Attracting+best+brightest/3120823/story.html

Vijay Sappani and Avinash Gavai, National Post · Monday, Jun. 7, 2010

In early 2010 both the Ontario and federal governments made a concerted effort to attract more international students by announcing several new measures. Why is this happening now? Canada recognizes that there is an opportunity [...]

Enough has been said about divisions, separatism that only leads to more death and destruction. This is Canada and we can not let the conflict in Sri Lanka divide communities in Canada.

We need to move forward as progressive Canadians and not divide as regressive Sri Lankans in Canada. We can keep talking the problem …and there [...]