www.theasianstar.com VOL 23 - ISSUE 20
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2024
‘Promotion of violence not acceptable in Canada’: Minister of Public Safety on Khalistani supporters’ Indira Gandhi assassination posters Promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada, a minister has said after posters depicting the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were reportedly put up by Khalistan supporters in Vancouver.
An Indian-origin Canadian lawmaker also expressed concern over the issue, saying by doing so, the Khalistan supporters are trying to instil fear of violence in Hindu-Canadians. “This week, there were reports of imagery depicting the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Vancouver,” Dominic A LeBlanc, the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs said on X. “The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada,” he said. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. Continued on Page 10...
India’s heat wave longest ever, worse to come
India’s heat wave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heat wave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). “This has been the longest spell because it has been experienced for about 24 days in different parts of the country,” the head of India’s Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, said in an interview with the Indian Express daily. The mercury is expected to fall as the annual monsoon rains move north this month, but Mohapatra cautioned worse will follow. “Heat waves will be more frequent, durable and intense, if precautionary or preventive measures are not taken,” he said. India is the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but has committed to achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2070 -- two decades after most of the industrialized West. For now, it is overwhelmingly reliant on coal for power generation.
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Canada’s Parliament rocked by allegations of treason The capital of one of the world’s most stable democracies is gripped by growing panic about foreign agents working in elected office. A bombshell report by Canadian lawmakers has unnerved Parliament Hill, alleging that unnamed politicians have been covertly working with foreign governments. The revelation in heavily redacted findings released this week by an all-party national security committee adds intrigue to a separate and ongoing inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections. Continued on Page 10...
BC premier ‘confused’ on reason for Quebec immigration funding
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Immigration Marc Miller says he believes B.C. Premier David Eby is “confused” on why Quebec is getting $750 million to help pay for a surge in temporary residents, namely for asylum seekers. That comes after Eby suggested federal funding was being “showered” on Quebec after an offering announced on Monday. “I think perhaps there was some confusion on the premier’s behalf as to what this money was for.... It’s to compensate Quebec for two fiscal years of costs they’ve incurred with respect to the disproportionate flow of asylum seekers,” Miller said Tuesday following the cabinet meeting in Ottawa. Continued on Page 10...