Dhaliwal at Vaisakhi Parade

[FiveParadox]

I just learned that Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal M.P. (Newton—North Delta), my constituency’s member of the House of Commons, attended the Surrey Vaisakhi parade of a few days ago. Not only did event organisers effectively threaten violence against a Commons member and a member of the Legislative Assembly, but they also embarassed Her Worship Ms. Dianne Watts, Mayor of Surrey, by presenting a parade float that celebrated the leaders of banned terrorist organisations.

I just sent a very ‘unhappy’ e-mail to Mr. Dhaliwal, I wonder if I can look forward to a response?

Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal, M.P.:

I wanted to let you know that I am disappointed with your decision to participate in the Vaisakhi parade held in Surrey some days ago. Event organisers threatened violence against a member of Parliament and a member of our Legislative Assembly, and sought to embarass our Mayor by celebrating banned terrorist organisations.

This parade was an embarassment to the multicultural mosaïc that Canada seeks to be, and the celebration of extremism and banned terrorist organisations was absolutely offensive. I hope that you will clarify to the House of Commons, and to your constituents, that you do not share the organisers' extremist views. Your explanation to the media that there were lots of people at the event is an unacceptable excuse.


Sincerely,

Christopher Girodat
Constituent of Newton—North Delta
Liberal Party Supporter (for now)
Ph (604) ***-****

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

You know, none of the organizers apologized. The police just ignored this threat. They did not ignore the Olympic protestors, in fact they went into their houses and had a little chat with them.

 

[Johnnny]

they are afraid of upsetting the sihks....

believe it or not i lived in North delta, by scott road in those condos on the corner of 68th street and the sihks there werent very friendly, they got mad at me for trying to pick up their women :lol:

 

[JLM]

they are afraid of upsetting the sihks....

believe it or not i lived in North delta, by scott road in those condos on the corner of 68th street and the sihks there werent very friendly, they got mad at me for trying to pick up their women :lol:

I was going to say something but in the interest of perceived political correctness (even though the epitome of political incorrectness is to threaten M.P.s) I changed my mind.........................:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Johnnny]

you should have seen the looks i got when i would strike a conversation with one of their women.... i got evil stares.

Then there was that sihk church down the road from 68th street i tried to go into the courtyard for a walk, and everyone was looking at me and walking towards me cutting me off

If you ask me we are too lenient to these immigrants, time to drop the hammer sooner or later

 

[JLM]

you should have seen the looks i got when i would strike a conversation with one of their women.... i got evil stares.

Then there was that sihk church down the road from 68th street i tried to go into the courtyard for a walk, and everyone was looking at me and walking towards me cutting me off

If you ask me we are too lenient to these immigrants, time to drop the hammer sooner or later

I'm not just sure how effective a hammer would be against a machete. :smile:

 

[damngrumpy]

There are some variations to this story and I wonder what is true and what is speculation. First my understanding is the threat came from some one on a radio
program and not the official organizers. Another story is the organizers threatened
them. They Mayor, did the right thing, they had a float profiling those we consider
terrorists, they consider them freedom fighters. Now I agree if the country determines these individual are terrorists, we should be going by the letter of the law.
As for them being unfriendly, well that is every one's opinion. I am not an Indo Canadian, my heritage is Scot, having said that, I have many friends who are from that community some are moderates some are fundamentalists. They are at opposite ends even in their own community.
The problem I have is that our country has fostered a society of ungated communities
based on race, customs and religion. This is really sad as I expect my country to be
better than that. I think the law should determine the truth here and if laws have been broken those responsible should be punished. I think the air needs to be
cleared here and fact separated from fiction.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

Like all Asians they're pretty clannish, and in Canada they have communities large enough to snub neighbours and politicians.

Although making a threat like this is very unCanadian. Will politicians continue to court them? Most likely as they have huge numbers of votes in the country. And there's no stopping their continued immigration into Canada in the tens of thousands each year.

 

[CDNBear]

I just learned that Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal M.P. (Newton—North Delta), my constituency’s member of the House of Commons, attended the Surrey Vaisakhi parade of a few days ago. Not only did event organisers effectively threaten violence against a Commons member and a member of the Legislative Assembly, but they also embarassed Her Worship Ms. Dianne Watts, Mayor of Surrey, by presenting a parade float that celebrated the leaders of banned terrorist organisations.

I just sent a very ‘unhappy’ e-mail to Mr. Dhaliwal, I wonder if I can look forward to a response?

Paradox...What can I say. You are without a doubt one of my most favourite Liberals. You rank in my books, right up there with Pearson, for your level, balanced and reasoned thought and principles.

You sir, get more of my respect then any other collective of Liberals on the net. I can't be any more complimentary, the words fail me. You leave me awe struck.

 

[pegger]

I look forward to the response.

(if you get one)

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

I heard on the radio today the Surrey Sikh group issued an apology via email over the threats. Real sincere. Just piss off is what it means.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

More Sikh threats.


Liberal MP faces death threats, called 'Sikh traitor'

Liberal MP faces death threats, called 'Sikh traitor'

Canwest News Service,with files from National Post Published: Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Chris Wattie/Reuters Ujjal Dosanjh when he was Health Minister in 2005



VANCOUVER -- Violent postings on Facebook condemn former B.C. premier and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh as a traitor to the Sikh religion and threaten to "pierce him with bullets."

"Someone shoot him -- ASAP," wrote one member of a Facebook group called "Ujjal Dosanjh is a Sikh traitor."
Another branded the MP, who is a vocal opponent of Sikh extremism, as a "rat in our midst."

The group's page says the former federal Cabinet minister "betrayed his own people" and is a "scumbag traitor and an insult to the Sikh religion."

The threats come just days after an uproar over a controversial Sikh parade in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey.

Before the parade last Saturday, organizers told Mr. Dosanjh and provincial MLA Dave Hayer -- also a Sikh -- that they would have to take their own security if they planned to attend the Vaisakhi event.

Vaisakhi is the celebration of the birth of Sikhism. The Surrey parade is one of the biggest Vaisakhi celebrations outside of India.

Just days before the event, Dasmesh Darbar temple director Inderjit Singh Bains said in a radio interview that Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer were not welcome at the parade, which featured a float displaying photographs of the leaders of banned terrorist groups.

Both Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer, as well as Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, lodged complaints with the RCMP over Mr. Bains' comments.

About 100,000 people attended the parade, which was boycotted by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.

Mr. Campbell had denounced Mr. Bains' comments, saying, "People are free to express their political positions in Canada. But you are not in a position where you can single out individual elected representatives and say, ‘They'd better watch out if they come.' That is simply not acceptable in our country."

He added, "obviously, it's totally unacceptable, in Canada, that anyone would say those things about a public official."
Ms. Watts said the city intends to review the annual Vaisakhi celebration after a float depicting Sikh "martyrs" appeared in the parade.

"We had assurances by the organizers that that float was not going to be in there, and lo-and-behold, it showed up, which was really disappointing," she said.

This is not the first time the parade has stirred controversy. In 2008, the Indian government made a formal complaint to Canada over images displayed at the parade depicting the assassins of Indira Gandhi as martyrs.

This week, Mr. Dosanjh said it is alarming to see Sikh extremism rising again 25 years after the Air India bombing, which was suspected to have been the work of Sikh extremists.

All 329 people aboard the June 1985 flight were killed in the terrorist attack.

"The extremism now is much more entrenched than it was," he said. "It is much more sophisticated."

The 62-year-old politician has been the target of violence and death threats before.

In February 1985, he was beaten with a lead pipe in Vancouver after many months of threats directed toward moderate Sikhs.

He wrote to then-prime minister Brian Mulroney that April, warning that something dire might happen if the government did not deal with the extremist threat. He received no reply.

On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was blown up by a bomb in Irish airspace. The incident was the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the airliner occurred within an hour of a bombing at Japan's Narita Airport that is believed to have been related to the Air India bombing.

Canwest News Service,

with files from National Post

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