Mr. Speaker, I would not have thought it would take that long to introduce a law making it illegal to raise funds for terrorists.
Last year when I asked the former Minister of National Revenue if he would rescind the charitable status of the Babbar Khalsa, a terrorist organization responsible for the 1985 bombing of Air-Indian and last September's assassination of the chief minister of the Punjab, he did not appear to be overly concerned with the issue.
If the government is truly serious about combating terrorism why is it asking Canadian taxpayers to subsidize terrorist groups? Will it at least revoke the charitable status of terrorist organizations in Canada forthwith?