www.theasianstar.com VOL 23 - ISSUE 19
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024
Conservative leader calls on Liberal government to release names of MPs accused of helping foreign states Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that Canadians have a right to know the names of the MPs accused in an explosive new intelligence report of “wittingly” working on behalf of foreign state actors. On Monday, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), a cross-party committee of MPs and senators with top security clearances, released a heavily redacted document alleging some parliamentarians have actively helped foreign governments like China and India meddle in Canadian politics. “The national security committee indicates there are members of this House who
have knowingly worked for foreign hostile governments. Canadians have a right to know who and what is the information,” Poilievre said during question period Wednesday. “Who are they?” Continued on Page 10...
AG Nikki Sharma and NDP gov’t criticized for lack of action on caste discrimination
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BJP looses UP in a shocker
In a move more shocking than a Bollywood film climax, the INDIA bloc, led by the Samajwadi Party, has won 43 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. This seismic shift in the political landscape is particularly astonishing given the BJP’s dominant presence in the state since 2017. The BJP, which has enjoyed a full-majority government in UP and decimated the Opposition in the 2014 and 2019 elections, finds itself on the back foot as the 2024 results roll in. Continued on Page 10...
Air Canada expands service to India, to offer non-stop flights from Toronto to Mumbai
Jay Birdi (left) and Rashpal Bhardwaj By Umendra Singh: Supporters of the Dalit community are critical of the provincial Attorney General Nikki Sharma and the provincial parliamentary secretary responsible for anti-racism, Mable Elmore, for downplaying the negative impacts of casteism in our society. Sharma, Elmore and Richmond New Westminster NDP MLA Aman Singh spoke at the launching of the new anti-racism reporting helpline last week. “I am grateful to the Asian Star for asking the question about what the government is doing to prevent caste discrimination to AG Sharma and Mable Elmore, but I am very disappointed in their response,’ Jay Birdi, long time anti caste advocate and the executive director of Chetna Association of Canada, said. “I want to commend the BC government for this anti racism phone line, which is needed, and anti racism is the government’s focus,” he said. Continued on Page 10...
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Air Canada says it is ramping up its flights to India this year including new non-stop service from Toronto to Mumbai. The airline says the flights between Toronto and Mumbai will run four times a week starting Oct. 27. In addition, Air Canada says it will boost its service from Montreal to Delhi to daily flights. For those travelling from Western Canada, the airline says it will offer daily seasonal flights from Calgary to Delhi, via London starting in Oct. 27. Flights from Vancouver to London will also connect conveniently to flights to Delhi this winter. In total, Air Canada says it will operate 25 weekly flights to India.