Writing by shinda on Friday, 23 of February , 2007
I’ve always been a life long liberal, mind you I’ve only been able to vote in the last 3 federal elections, none the less have always committed that vote to the the reds. The conservatives were always seen as the bad guys, the racists the ones who would no quicker put a ban on the dastar, lock away our kirpans and then laugh all the way home. and the NDP just resonates with irresponsible government spending. All the same this time around the blue was looking good. Harper was making all the right moves, and saying all the things I wanted to hear. He seemed like a prime minster who knew the value of a dollar, and for everything else it was worth seemed to be a decent good guy, regardless of how he came across. Yet it only took one question period, to burn that image down, for him to melt away the fisad of a hero and reveal his true colours.
Those of you who follow the news know what I’m talking about, with Harper coming out and insinuating that Navdeep Bains has terrorist ties and that the Liberal party is trying to cover up and protect him by rejecting provisions in the latest of bills. His source for such allegations is non other then everyones favourite journalist turned fairy tale author Kim Bolan and her tabloid newspaper the Vancouver Sun.
This shit bothers me on so many levels that it’s just ridiculous, and I would go as far to call this the nail in the coffin for the Conservative party and their bid to run parliament. To what end will this PM go to not only save his own skin but to make a point? The point alone shows the fact that the PM has no legs to stand on resorting to name calling and finger pointing. It’s as if we’re back in grade school when you’re having a discussion proved to be a dumb ass, so you resort to making yo momma jokes in the hopes that those around you will stop looking at the facts and that the discussion will end prematurely.
When a 3rd grader does it, it’s understandable but what to make of it when the PM of what is supposed to be a developed nation does it? Harper’s juvenile behavior has proven once again that the Conservatives that were despised in the past are the same conservatives in power today. Why any self respecting Sikh, or human being for that matter would even consider running or even supporting them after all that has been done is beyond me, but I’m sure Sam Hundal will have an answer.
Now for all intents and purposes I could continue this rant and tirade on how idiotic the Prime Minister of Canada really is. That with the RCMP, and CSIS at his disposal the PM instead chooses to use the The Vancouver Sun as his source to drop allegations with. That the provisions and bill in question have little and nothing to do with the Air India Bombing’s investigation, yet he continues to play the same trump card over and over again belittling the intelligence of Canadians everywhere. Or that even after the fact, knowing full well that he crossed the line, refuses to retract or even issue an apology. But screw it, I’d rather just make sure that he doesn’t stay in power by continuing to vote red.
Anyways for those wanting to read up and play catch up with whats going on I’ve included the video of the Question Answer period where Harper makes his allegations and a copy of the Vancover Sun article in question below.
Ontario Liberal is son-in-law of former spokesman for Babbar Khalsa Panthak
Kim Bolan
Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
A young Liberal MP who delivered Stephane Dion 250 leadership votes is the son-in-law of a man police have interviewed in connection with the Air India bombing case.
Navdeep Singh Bains, MP for Mississauga-Brampton South, shot on to the national stage after the December 2006 convention in which he delivered huge support to Gerard Kennedy and later to Dion, who won the Liberal leadership by 437 votes.
The Vancouver Sun has learned that Bains’s father-in-law, Darshan Singh Saini, is on the RCMP’s potential list of witnesses at investigative hearings designed to advance the Air India criminal probe.
But the ability to hold those hearings will be lost March 1 if parts of the Anti-Terrorism Act expire as expected, after the Liberals recently withdrew support for extending the provision being used to hold them.
Saini, former Ontario spokesman for the terrorist Babbar Khalsa Panthak, said in an interview that if he is called to the investigative hearing, he will testify.
“If they call me, I will see. I don’t know about that,” he said. “It is not that I hide anything. If something comes up again, that is that.”
And he said his MP son-in-law’s political positions have nothing to do with him.
“I can only speak for me. I cannot speak for my son-in-law,” Saini said from Toronto.
Saini is listed as an alternative leadership delegate for Kennedy, according to documents obtained by The Sun. But he said he did not attend the convention because of medical issues.
Kennedy said Tuesday he has met Saini, but was unaware of his link to political events in the Sikh community in the 1980s.
“I had not been aware of it. And it certainly never came up within the course of any of the interactions I had,” Kennedy said. “I have never had the opportunity to discuss it with him [Saini.]”
Nor has he discussed the issue with Bains, he said.
Saini was a controversial figure in the 1980s. He helped a young man named Harkirat Singh Bagga by giving him a place to stay for several weeks in 1988. Bagga left Saini’s Ontario home that summer, travelled to B.C. and critically wounded newspaper publisher Tara Singh Hayer in the first attempt on Hayer’s life. Hayer, who had offered to be a witness in the Air India case, was assassinated a decade later.
Court documents released during the Air India trial say Saini told the RCMP he had met Bagga in Pakistan in November 1987, along with Ajaib Singh Bagri, a Babbar Khalsa leader acquitted in the Air India bombing.
Bagri at one time was charged in the 1988 plot to kill Hayer and Saini was expected to be called as a witness, according to Air India trial documents, but the charge was later stayed.
Hayer’s son Dave, who is a Liberal MLA in B.C., said he had no idea that Bains was related to Saini.
“I was really shocked to learn that a member of Parliament is closely related to someone who was living with the person who came to shoot my father,” Dave Hayer said.
The RCMP has been preparing since 2003 to hold investigative hearings into the Air India bombing to compel people believed to have knowledge of events at that time to testify before a judge.
Bains, who is just 29, confirmed last week his relationship with Saini. He did not call back Tuesday to answer questions about the implications of Saini’s possible involvement in investigative hearings.
He said earlier that he makes all his decisions as an MP based on what is best for Canadians.
He said he had not realized the impact of the change in the Anti-Terrorism Act on the Air India probe.
“It is very concerning,” Bains said. “There is a debate that is taking place and it will continue to take place. There is no doubt about that. We will raise it among ourselves.”
His family also has connections with the World Sikh Organization, another Sikh separatist group that made an address at the resumption of the Air India inquiry in Ottawa Monday.
Saini said he is no longer involved in the Khalistan movement.
“I am not very much into politics any more,” he said. “My views are drastically different now.”
Writing by shinda on Saturday, 17 of February , 2007
Even though most of you have your attention and sights set on All Star Weekend, I thought it would be safe to share some info about some other happenings, specifically Amu, a movie that looks at the whole 1984 Riots in Delhi.
I haven’t seen the movie myself, but will probably try and make it sometime to check it out soon, just because it does seem promising. By promising I mean that it does seem to have some potential to educate if not give some insight into just a part of what happened in 1984. I remember few years back there was Hawyian, but that movie no where near lived up to the hype surrounding it, and instead felt more like a SSA/COSS meeting that was aimed at tackling a problem, but instead settled everything by pulling the whole “mis-communication” line.
Hopefully Amu will be different. Hopefully it will take a solid stand and not really sit on the fence as much as I feel Hawyian did. From what I’ve been told by those who have watched it, the movie is worth watching and supporting, so I’ll give it a chance and see what happens.
I’ll probably follow up with a review of it if I do get a chance to check it out, which I do hope is pretty soon. For those interested, below is the official trailer with the synopsis from the site and local show times. The organizers are hoping to get enough people out this weekend to help fuel this movie’s play time at the given theaters since it is limited and the theaters intent on keeping the movie running is motivated almost entirely by ticket sales.
Summary:
Amu is the journey of Kajori Roy, a 21-year-old Indian American woman who has lived in the US since the age of 3. After graduating from UCLA Kaju goes to India to visit her relatives. There she meets Kabir, a college student from an upper class family who is disdainful of Kaju’s wide-eyed wonder at discovering the “real India”. Undeterred Kaju visits the slums, crowded markets and roadside cafes of Delhi. In one slum she is struck by an odd feeling of déjà vu. Soon after she starts having nightmares. Kabir gets drawn into the mystery of why this is happening particularly when he discovers that she is adopted.
Meanwhile Kaju’s adoptive mother – Keya Roy, a single parent and civil rights activist in LA, arrives unannounced in Delhi. She is shocked to discover that Kaju has been visiting the slums. Although Kaju mistakes her mother’s response to a typical Indian over protectiveness – Keya’s fears are deeper rooted.
Slowly Kaju starts piecing together what happened to her birth parents and mother and daughter clash as Kaju discovers she has been lied to her whole life. What was the truth? Why was it suppressed? As Kaju and Kabir undertake this quest they both discover their families involvement with a man made tragedy of immense proportions which took place twenty years ago in the capital city of India: the massacre of thousands of people of the Sikh faith. In a searing climax the young people are forced to confront the reality of the past and how it affects the present.
TORONTO Opening: Feb 16: Cineplex Carlton 20 Carlton St. (at Yonge St.), Toronto (416) 598-2309 Show Times: Mon – Fri: 4 30, 7, 9.30 Sat Sun: 1.30, 4.30, 7, 9.30
Empire Square One 100 City Center Drive Missisauga (905) 275 2640 Show Times: 1, 4, 7, 9.40
Empire Empress Walk 5095 Yonge St. (Empress Ave.) North York (416) 223-9550 Show Times: Fri – Sun: 1, 4, 7, 10 Mon – Thurs: 4, 7, 10
Hindi print: without subtitles Rainbow Woodbine Woodbine Center Mall 500 Rexdale Blvd. (at Hwy 27) Etobicoke (416) 213 9048 Show Times: 12.45, 2.50, 4.50, 7, 9.10 MONTREAL Opening: Feb 23
AMC Forum 22 2313 St. Catherine West Montreal (514) 904 1250 VANCOUVER Opening: Feb 23
Empire Granville 7 855 Granville St. Vancouver (604) 684 4000
Cineplex Strawberry Hill Grande 12161 72nd Ave Surrey, BC (604) 501 9400
Writing by shinda on Monday, 13 of November , 2006
Congratulations to my boy Mandeep AKA Mugsy Dhaliwal who at the age of 21, 2 years out of high school, going only on his own personal wit, despite all the false allegations of us robbing, threatening, vandalizing and harassing Vicky still pulled out 3000 votes in an election that often goes to those who pull out 2500.
Although we didn’t win this time, it took Vicky two tries, a taxi licence and a house to get where he did. Seeing as how you did it with none of that, other then the support of the people around you, consider yourself off to a good start.
Now although the tone of the post may sound bitter, its far from it. I never expected Vicky to win, I never expected any of the desi’s to truthfully win. The fact that one (he) did, impresses me. I may not agree with his tactics but then again this is politics everything goes, and so it did, and for that I will congratulate him for doing what was needed to win. End of the day that’s what counts, the W or in this case the reserved parking spot in City Hall with your our name on it, is what counts after all the ballots are tallied.
But as premature as it may sound, the pressure is now on. Every bill and vote that you pass/make will be scrutinized. Every promise made will be held against you for the next 4 years, and in that time you have the chance to either break or make your place in City Hall. After all as impressive as your (Vicky’s) victory maybe, realize that you not only helped school us as to what level we need to compete at, but you raised the bar, which means next time around everyone will step there game up just that much more.
Writing by shinda on Monday, 13 of November , 2006
So judgment day is upon and it’s now your chance to vote for everyone’s favourite incumbent and elect Mandeep Dhaliwal for city councilor. So today when you go vote, make sure you tick off Mandeep Dhaliwal on your ballot list. After all a Vote for Mandeep is a Vote for Wards 9 and 10.
Note: The following video contains course and racially explicit language. Viewer discretion is advised. Meaning if you’re easily offended then don’t watch the video and complain about it later. Thank you.
Writing by shinda on Tuesday, 24 of October , 2006
COSS was started little less then 4 years ago, as the omega SSA. The SSA that watches over all the other SSA’s, the SGPC if you will of the SSA world. I’ve always been a big proponent that history repeats itself and to make real change we need to escape from the loop as soon we as get a glimpse of a familiar path that we have already traveled. Seeing as how we now see the after effects of SGPC, I find it safe to say that to spare COSS a similar fate it should be disbanded right now and here. As much as we may feel that we need an organization such as COSS - a central body to help govern continuity and consistency amongst SSA’s, we should look at the drawbacks visible to us from what is right in front of our eyes in the faults of the SGPC.
Be that as it may, that equating COSS to SGPC is stretching it just a bit, and not ignoring the obvious differences such as the fact that COSS only seeks to utterly control and dominate individual SSA’s whereas the SGPC wanted to simply control the Gurdwara’s. We need to take into account that the SGPC ’s quick and utter rise to power came and continues to flourish greatly due to the fact that the Gurdwara Sahibs provide a consistent income stream to its leaders. Unfortunately for COSS most the money generated by SSA’s is quickly divulged on Langar Day’s and making corny t-shirts, leaving little to be put into COSS’s kajanaa, even at times leaving execs to foot the bill for various events on there student visa’s.
None the less the threat of COSS becoming as powerful and narcissistic as the SGPC is very real. The real threat that dominates and looms over COSS is it being brought to its knees by a third party.
SGPC went on its knees and became the slave child of Akali Dal (Badal). After this happened the SGPC has become nothing less then a subservient puppet regime, that can not be disbanded, since doing so would make all blood spilt by those Martyrs of those various Morcha’s and dharnaa’s to have been in vain. For an institution such as the SGPC to disband after all the blood having been spilt would not only be a slap to their memories but also contribute to the ever brightening light of embarrassment and shame that we have seemingly become quite comfortable with.
In terms of COSS this third party can come in various forms. Be it Jathebandhi’s or even more gruesome Gurdwara committee’s, for whom COSS would be nothing more then another venue to help project their own agenda on the innocent and ignorant sangtaan. Keeping COSS leashed and obedient via funding, they would expect nothing less off COSS then to toe the committee line, especially when it came time for elections. This could later deluge into a single member of this group controlling and influencing COSS to do his or her bidding and that my friends would not be pretty.
So lend me your ears, and pay heed to this message for tomorrow. Do not let absolute power corrupt or even the chance to turn its ugly head and lick it lips at the opportunity. Do not let COSS become the prostitute whore of a pimp organization or committee. Disband it now, and forever let it exist as the hope that one day, we may all unite under a single banner, that the comrades who pray at the grave of Teja Bhasoria one day melt away. That those who support Deh Dhari Guru’s go mast into the night, never to be seen again, and that those pehovay wale babe who bring you close into Sikhi only to ask you to help loosen their Kasheray themselves choke on the very naalas with which they entice. Save your souls by turning your backs this November (or is it December) and collectively support the real victims in all of this, the little guys, the SSA’s, and have an all out boycott of COSS.
And if you’re left to ask why?? Why this post? Why the boycott? WHY??? Simple..Just BeCOSS
Or you could get involved, stay involved and contribute as much as you possibly can to make sure COSS works by participating in the upcoming COSS elections, and letting YOUR voice be heard. After all bad things happen when good people fail to act. Also for those of you offended by this post then please pay head to the advice given by none other then my boy [Dwayne Douglas Johnson]. All right now that you’re only ten times more offended I’ll continue to annoy you by making you read what you would have hoped for would have been an apology but really it’s not, its just my way of telling you to take a deep breath and get yourself a kit-kat since, since you’re clearly in need of a break.
This blog for better or worse is an extension of my procrastination and boredom. It's not intended to convince, impress or convert you to be anything more then what you already are, but if it does then more power to it. Do be warned that the time you waste on this site, will be your own and I will not in any way shape or form be held responsible in compensating you for your losses.
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