Mr. Speaker, over the past seven days my office has been inundated with copies of e-mail messages sent to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance by Sri Lankan born Canadian citizens.
In addition, I have received messages from as far away as Melbourne, Australia. Virtually all those messages criticize the finance minister for his attendance at the FACT function and congratulate me for bringing to the attention of parliament the CSIS reports about that organization. Here are a few words from one of those e-mail messages to the minister.
What could be more un-Canadian than overtly supporting a well documented terrorist group, looking the other way when such groups collect money for war, and ignoring the statements of the Canadian, U.S., and Israeli intelligence services?
In his misguided attempt to garner votes the Minister of Finance has embarrassed the government and alienated peace loving Sri Lankans throughout the world.