Hijacker says he's changed, shouldn't be deported

[Kamboj]

Sorry about the jail term mistake. However under Canadian laws, a person cannot be deported for his past conviction if he faces risk back home, except in exceptional circumstances ( Canadian Charter s.7 and s.12).

"It really doesn't matter why he hijacked that plane. It's unacceptable to us."

Thats a very ignorant statement to make considering the fact that the government had killed innocent Sikhs during this time period. Even civilians took this job into their own hands. What about all the human rights violations against the Indian government? What about all the bodies that the Indian government has refused to identify? My own grandfather used to walk with grenades in his backpack and a pistol on his waist, so just imagine the state the country was in at that time.

The fact of the matter is that this man came into this country against daunting odds and made progress that will benefit the society as a whole. I don't think there are many people in the world who have the courage to do what he did.

My parents are also immigrants, and this man came to Canada during the same time period they did, they didn't face no rigorous process entering the country. So how would that be considered an insult to other immigrants? This was during the late 80's and early 90's.

 

[tracy]

Coming to Canada certainly isn't easy anymore, even if it was during your parents' time.

I'm aware that the Indian government killed innocent people. If this man had attacked the government and its troops, I would call him a freedom fighter. He didn't though. He hijacked a plane full of civilians. That's cowardly. India's human rights violations don't justify it anymore than American foreign policy justifies the 9/11 attacks. Some reactions are just unacceptable. How much should we excuse because Sikhs don't have a homeland or the government attacked them? Should they be allowed to rape, murder, kidnap, bomb and torture innocent civilians because those of another religion did it first?

Every person on that plane could have been killed because of his actions. I don't feel sorry for him because he had to spend 10 years in jail or because he couldn't come to Canada legally. Actions have consequences. An honorable person accepts that. He didn't. He chose instead to lie and commit a criminal offense in our country. That choice has consequences too, namely the risk of deportation. It doesn't matter if he goes back to India or to Pakistan or to some other country willing to take him. He doesn't belong here right now. Let him leave and then apply to live in Canada honestly. If he's accepted then, I wouldn't say anything about it.