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Purpose of Bill 104 TGEWA
Bill 104 proclaims the seven-day period in each year ending on May 18 as Tamil Genocide Education Week (in Province of Ontario).
Contents of Bill 104 TGEWA
Preamble
The Tamil community in Ontario is one of the largest concentrations of Tamils outside southeast Asia. It stretches across the province but the highest concentration is in the Greater Toronto Area. Tamil-Ontarians play an important role in the social, economic and political fabric of the province.
Tamil-Ontarians have families still suffering in their homeland in the north and east of the island of Sri Lanka. They have lost their loved ones and have been physically or mentally traumatized by the genocide that the Sri Lankan state perpetrated against the Tamils during the civil war which lasted from 1983 to 2009, and especially so in May of 2009. Genocide is the deliberate and organized killing of a group or groups of people, with the intention of destroying their identity as an ethnic, cultural or religious group. Acts of genocide against the Tamils started in 1948 after Sri Lanka gained its independence and were perpetrated through Sinhala-Buddhist centric government policies, pogroms, land grabs and ethnic cleansing. The United Nations Organization estimates that in May 2009 alone about 40,000 to 75,000 Tamil civilians were killed. Other estimates place the death toll at 146,679 civilians. These figures only reflect the death toll in 2009 leading up to May 18, the day on which the civil war ended. The loss of Tamil civilian lives during the genocide, which continued for decades in Sri Lanka, is much higher.
In addition, the Sri Lankan state has systematically disenfranchised the Tamil population of their right to vote and to maintain their language, religion and culture. For example, the Sinhala Only Act of 1956 made Sinhalese the official language of Sri Lanka ignoring the 29 per cent of the population whose primary language was Tamil, thereby putting them at a serious disadvantage for participating in the public service of Sri Lanka.
It is important for many reasons to acknowledge publicly that the killings and all aspects of the genocide constitute a heinous act. Not only does this acknowledgement honour the lives that were lost, but it gives a sense of hope to those who have suffered since it represents the first step to healing and reconciliation. Most importantly, by recognizing the Tamil genocide, we affirm our collective desire to maintain awareness of this genocide and other genocides that have occurred in world history in order to prevent such crimes against humanity from happening again.
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Tamil Genocide Education Week
1 (1) The seven-day period in each year ending on May 18 is proclaimed as Tamil Genocide Education Week.
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(2) During that period, all Ontarians are encouraged to educate themselves about, and to maintain their awareness of, the Tamil genocide and other genocides that have occurred in world history.
Link:
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/21t11
දෙමළ ජන සංහාර අධ්යාපන සතිය ප්රකාශයට පත් කිරීමේ පනත.
පූර්විකාව
ඔන්ටාරියෝ හි දෙමළ ප්රජාව ගිනිකොනදිග ආසියාවෙන් පිටත විශාලතම දෙමළ ජනගහනයකි. එය පළාත පුරා දිවෙන නමුත් වැඩිම සාන්ද්රණය ඇත්තේ මහා ටොරොන්ටෝ ප්රදේශයේ ය. පළාතේ සමාජ, ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන පසුබිම තුළ දෙමළ-ඔන්ටේරියානු ජාතිකයින් වැදගත් කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරති.
තවමත් ශ්රී ලංකා දිවයිනේ උතුරු හා නැගෙනහිර පිහිටි තම මව්බිමේ දුක් විඳින පවුල් දෙමළ-ඔන්ටේරියානු වැසියන්ට නෑකම් කියනු ලැබෙි. 1983 සිට 2009 දක්වා පැවති සිවිල් යුද්ධයේදී සහ විශේෂයෙන් 2009 මැයි මාසයේදී ශ්රී ලංකාව දෙමළ ජනයාට එරෙහිව සිදු කළ ජන සංහාරයෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ ආදරණීයයන් අහිමි වූ අතර ඔවුහු ශාරීරිකව හෝ මානසිකව පීඩාවට පත් වී ඇත. ජනවාර්ගික, සංස්කෘතික හෝ ආගමික කණ්ඩායමක් ලෙස ඔවුන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය විනාශ කිරීමේ අරමුණින් කණ්ඩායම් හෝ පුද්ගලයින් විසින් සංවිධානාත්මකව සහ හිතා මතා සමූලඝාතන සිදු කොට ඇත.
1948 දී ශ්රී ලංකාව නිදහස ලබා ගැනීමෙන් පසුව සිංහල-බෞද්ධ කේන්ද්රීය රජයේ ප්රතිපත්ති, සංහාර, ඉඩම් කොල්ලකෑම් සහ ජනවාර්ගික මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම් තුළින් දෙමළ ජනයාට එරෙහි ජන සංහාර ක්රියාවන් ආරම්භ විය. එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය ඇස්තමේන්තු කරන්නේ 2009 මැයි මාසයේදී පමණක් දෙමළ සිවිල් වැසියන් 40,000 සිට 75,000 දක්වා පමණ මිය ගිය බවයි. අනෙකුත් ඇස්තමේන්තු අනුව මියගිය සංඛ්යාව සාමාන්ය වැසියන් 146,679 ක් වේ. මෙම සංඛ්යා වලින් පිළිබිඹු වන්නේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය අවසන් වූ මැයි 18 දා දක්වා 2009 දී සිදු වූ මරණ සංඛ්යාව පමණි. දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ලංකාවේ සිදු වූ ජන සංහාරය තුළ දෙමළ සිවිල් වැසියන්ගේ ජීවිත අහිමි වීම ඊටත් වඩා වැඩිය.
ඊට අමතරව, දෙමළ ජනතාව ඡන්දය ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ අයිතිය සහ ඔවුන්ගේ භාෂාව, ආගම සහ සංස්කෘතිය පවත්වා ගැනීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා රජය විසින් ක්රමානුකූලව අයිතිවාසිකම් අහිමි කර තිබේ. උදාහරණයක් වශයෙන්, 1956 දී ඇති “සිංහල පමණි” පනත මඟින් දෙමළ ජනයාගේ මූලික භාෂාව වූ දෙමළ භාෂාව ජනගහනයෙන් සියයට 29 ක් නොසලකා හරින ලද අතර ලංකාවේ රාජ්ය සේවය සඳහා සිංහලයන් පත්කරමින් ලංකාවේ රාජ්ය සේවයට සහභාගී වීමේදී දෙමළ ජනයාට බරපතල අවාසිදායක තත්ත්වයකට මුහුණ පෑමට සිදු විය.
ඝාතන සහ ජන සංහාරයේ සියළුම අංගයන් සාහසික ක්රියාවක් බව ප්රසිද්ධියේ පිළිගැනීම බොහෝ හේතු නිසා වැදගත් වේ. මෙම පිළිගැනීම, අහිමි වූ ජීවිතවලට ගෞරව කිරීම පමණක් නොව, එය සුව කිරීමේ සහ සංහිඳියාවේ පළමු පියවර නියෝජනය කරන බැවින් පීඩාවට පත් වූවන්ට එය බලාපොරොත්තුවක් ඇති කරයි. වැදගත්ම දෙය නම්, දෙමළ සංහාරය හඳුනා ගැනීමෙන්, මනුෂ්යත්වයට එරෙහි එවැනි අපරාධ නැවත සිදු වීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ සිදු වූ මෙම ජන සංහාරය සහ අනෙකුත් ජන සංහාර ගැන දැනුවත්භාවය පවත්වා ගැනීමට අපේ සාමූහික වුවමනාව බව අපි තහවුරු කරමු.
එබැවින්, ඔන්ටාරියෝ පළාතේ ව්යවස්ථාදායක සභාවේ උපදෙස් හා අනුමැතිය ඇතිව, උතුමාණනි, පහත පරිදි බලාත්මක වේ:
දෙමළ ජන සංහාර අධ්යාපන සතිය
1 (1) සෑම වසරකම මැයි 18 න් අවසන් වන දින හතේ කාලය දෙමළ ජන සංහාරක අධ්යාපන සතිය ලෙස ප්රකාශයට පත් කෙරේ.
එසේම
(2) එම කාලය තුළ, ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ සිදු වූ දෙමළ ජන සංහාරය සහ අනෙකුත් ජන සංහාර ගැන දැනුවත් වීමට සහ ඔවුන්ගේ දැනුවත්භාවය පවත්වා ගැනීමට සෑම ඔන්ටේරියානු ජාතිකයෙකුම උනන්දු කරවනු ඇත.
Funding to repeal TGEWA updates (as of November 7th):
TGEWA Events Calendar: (please click to see more details)
- December 18th, 2021 - Meet, Sing & Dance organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton
- December 05th, 2021 - GTA Meal Packet sale organised by Asoka Pinnaduwage and friends
- November 27th, 2021 - සුරකිමු Lanka වින්දනීය ගී සැඳෑව organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton
- November 21st, 2021 - 6th Ottawa Meal Packet Sale organised by Friends of Sri Lanka in Ottawa
- November 14th, 2021 - Richmond Hill 1st Meal Packet Sale organised by Vajira W and friends
- October 31st, 2021 - GTA Savoury Gee Rice Meal Packet Sale organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton
- October 24th, 2021 - Ottawa Kottu Sale organised by Friends of Sri Lanka in Ottawa (5th meal packet sale, $1,261.41)
- October 17th, 2021 - Manitoba Meal Packet Sale organised by the Friends of Sri Lanka, Manitoba ($4,000.00)
- October 10th, 2021 - GTA Kottu Sale organised by Asoka Pinnaduwage and friends ($10,000.00)
- October 10th, 2021 - Ottawa Nasigurang Meal Packet Sale (4th sale) organised by Friends of Sri Lanka Ottawa (sponsored by Arjuna Tillakaratne and family, $2,100.00)
- October 3rd, 2021 - Ottawa Dun Thel Meal Packet Sale (3rd sale) organised by Friends of Sri Lanka in Ottawa (sponsored by Arjuna Tillakerathna and family, $1,775.00)
- October 3rd, 2021 - 1st Meal Packet Sale by Friends of Sri Lanka in Sudbury ($225)
- September 19th, 2021 - 2nd Meal Packet Sale by Housewives ($400.00)
- September 19th, 2021 - Vaughan/Wonderland Bake Sale organised by Friends of Sri Lanka in Vaughan ($650.00)
- September 12th, 2021 - Ottawa 2nd Meal Packet Sale ($1,624.00)
- September 4th, 2021 - Virtual Musical Experience with Mariazelle, Sohan and Annesley organised by Sri Lanka Canada Community Collaboration and SLCAC ($4,377.00)
- August 29th, 2021 - Brampton and GTA Fragrant Yellow Rice Meal Packet Sale organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton ($8,000.00)
- August 15th, 2021 - Ottawa 1st Meal Packet Sale organised by Friends of Sri Lanka in Ottawa ($1,500.00)
- August 8th, 2021 - 200 Lunch Packet sale by Housewives and SLUNA ($2010.00)
- July 21st, 2021 - Surakimu Lanka Musical Evening with Keerthi organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton (Was cancelled due to Keerthi's COVID experience,$1,581.00)
- July 17th, 2021 -Group of Ananda Nanda Old Boys 1st Meal Packet Sale ($2,500.00)
- June 26th, 2021 - Surakimu Lanka Musical Event organised by Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton ($4,000)
Consequences of TGEWA
- This Act in Ontario recognizes that there was a “Genocide” even though it was not established by any competent court to date or any investigation initiated.
- Every word/sentence of this bill is considered law given all of the sentences were factually incorrect.
- This Bill has an ulterior motive to accuse Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese before a competent court determine the nature of the outcome of the internal armed conflict.
- The school boards will be teaching incorrect facts to kids that may not have any understanding of the actual facts. For kids with no Sri Lankan background, this would be totally alien; making them forming negative opinions about fellow kids with Sri Lankan background.
- More bullying and racial discrimination of students of Sinhalese backgrounds.
- Provide more reasons for false refugee applications.
- Glorify terrorism and provide more reasons to raise funds by Tamil supremacist accelerationists
Validity of TGEWA
From Lethal Blooms to Martyr Tributes: The Dark Celebration of Suicide Bombers @ Eelam Maaveerar Naal!
From Lethal Blooms to Martyr Tributes: The Dark Celebration of Suicide Bombers @ Eelam Maaveerar Naal
Senior Anandasangaree denounces allegation of Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka during an interview on May 29, 2022.
Tamil genocide (and other genocides) Education Week Act (TGEWA): What Schools teach kids vs reality
“No Genocide in Sri Lanka” Debate between Lord Hussain and Lord Naseby Wednesday 19th May 2021!
Critical analysis of the alleged Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka:
Symposium on LTTE Terrorism and Alleged Tamil Genocide
Ontario Bill 104 is a boost for refugee business by Ada Derana!
UNHCR Stance on alleged Tamil Genocide
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussain: “For the time being genocide is not something that we have perceived as having allegedly had happened”
Legal Actions Taken
Case #1:
Early June few organizations along with SLCAC teamed up to raise funds and retain a top end law firm from Toronto to fight to repeal the TGEWA. The 100% community funded case is ongoing. More details to follow.
Case #2:
Dr. Neville Hewage filed a personal interest, Constitutional Case early May. This case is 100% funded by the Ontario Center for Policy Research. This case is also ongoing. Link to the case can be found at:
https://policy-research.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ConstitutionalQuestion_Final_V3-Filled.pdf
Donations are welcome via any of the following;
1. e-Transfer : Canadians can donate through e-transfer to
etransfer@srilankancanadian.ca
or
2. Paypal : One-time donation monthly donation.
https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=HX9JJNMQSZFJG
4. Mail cheques:
The Treasurer, Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition Inc
Mailing address: Suite 401, 900 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario,K2J 4P6,Canada
How to stay informed and support
- Stay informed of upcoming community and Ontario Bill 104 updates by signing up here: http://eepurl.com/gswV9r
- Find out who your MPP and please write to him/her. You can find your mpp by clicking: http://www.SrilankanCanadian.ca/findmpp
- Sign the Ontario Bill 104 petition: https://www.change.org/p/reject-tamil-genocide-day-bill-in-ontario-and-canada
Organizations that have come together
- Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition
- Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton
- Friends of Sri Lanka Manitoba
- Canadian Center for Sri Lankan Social Harmony
- Sri Lankan National Association of Canada(SLUNA)
- Sri Lanka Canada Association of Markham
- Friends of Sri Lanka Montreal
- Friends of Sri Lanka Calgary
- Sri Lankan Canadian Heritage Foundation
- Sri Lankan Canadian Sinhalese Foundation
- GSLF ExComm
- GSLF Canada
- Sinhala Veera Vidahana
Further analysis on Bill 104
Who presented this bill?
Bill 104 was presented by Vijay Thanigasalam, MPP for Scarborough Rouge Park. According to a captured posts shared by a community member, in 2011 Thanigasalam posted photos of Liberation Tami Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) leader Prabhakaran wearing a camouflage uniform. “Happy 57th Birthday to our National Leader Hon. V. Pirapaharan,” it read. He is venerating a notorious terrorist who was involved in ethnic cleansing, human/drug trafficking, bombing civilians and using human shields.
However, during his campaign time in 2018, this picture came to light and Thanigasalam apologised via a Twitter message.
“In the past I shared material related to the Tamil Tigers. I apologize and I no longer hold those views,”
Proceedings of Bill 104
Its first reading was on the 30th of April 2019. There was a 2nd reading on the 16th of May, followed by a debate. It was then referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bill after a 59-0 vote in the house. The Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills (SCRPB) responsible to look into Bill 104: Tamil Genocide Education Week Act, had met on the 4th of May and had recommended the bill for the 3rd reading on the 5th of May and a hearing for the 6th of May in spite of the large number of provincial, national and international submissions against the bill. None of their requests for speaking at the committee were granted. The title of the bill had a hoodwinking wording of “Education” to reflect provincial jurisdiction for a federal matter.
Who invented the "Sri Lankan Tamil genocide" myth?
“Father Emmanuel created the Global Tamil Forum, the premier LTTE international organisation to project Sri Lanka as a human rights violator and white wash the LTTE. To promote the LTTE message in Geneva, Father Emmanuel worked with Gary Anandasangaree of the Canadian Tamil Congress that came up with the idea that there was ‘genocide’ in Sri Lanka. Gary Anandasangari was in contact with LTTE chief procurement and shipping officer Kumaran Pathmanathan and planned to visit him in Malaysia. After KP was arrested and deported to Sri Lanka, Father Emmanuel assumed LTTE global leadership and worked the British Tamil Front, Canadian Tamil Congress, and the Australian Tamil Congress, and other LTTE fronts. Father Emmanuel (87 years), spent the latter part of his life in Europe.” – Dr. Nilanga Samarasinghe
Note: MP Gary Anandasangaree is the son of Veerasingham Anandasangaree in Sri Lanka who is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) . In 2007 V. Anandasagaree authored an article titled “Prabakaran should be held responsible for the deaths of over 70,000 people in Sri Lanka“
Rebuttals of BIll 104
Dr. Neville Hewage has submitted a full rebuttal of the Bill 104. Click button below to view full document:
Law passed in Ontario without fact verification now teaches Buddhism is behind pogroms, land grabs and ethnic cleansing!
Bill 104: Fact Checks
Each line of the Bill has been fact checked and all of them contained misleading facts!
Seminars and Webinars
Following presentations were organised:
1. “Symposium on Genocide and Reconciliation : Canada and Beyond” by Ontario International Development Agency on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 6:30 PM Conference Centre Marriot Downtown Hotel CF Eaton Centre 525 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2L2
2. Zoom Symposium on LTTE Terrorism and alleged Tamil Genocide –
Critical analysis of an alleged Tamil Genocide against Sri Lanka, organised by the Ontario Center for Policy Research on June 6th, 2020.
What is Bill 94/97?
- Bill 94 – Genocide Awareness, Education, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act presented by MPP Aris Babikian (Scarborough – Againcourt). It had it’s first reading on the 2nd of April. Did not proceed afterwords.
- Bill 97 – Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month Act presented by MPP Aris Babikian (Scarborough – Againcourt). Bill 97 was a reworded product of bill 94. It attempts to proclaim April each year for Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education. It had it’s first reading on the 8th of April 2019 and 2nd reading on 9th of May 2019. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy that MPP Babikian is vice-chair!
Documentaries on this subject
Confessions by a former LTTE child soldier Ms Rathika Padmanathan (with English Subtitles)
Lies Agreed Upon Killing Fields Clear Titles Sri Lanka Counters Channel Four – YouTube
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