Naturally weighed down by the pressure of its newcomer voters from Sri Lanka, Canada’s political leadership has, by all accounts, abandoned basic Commonwealth principles of good governance for domestic political expediency. It is true that Sri Lanka has been far too slow in addressing accountability issues raised internationally over alleged violations of International Human Rights Law during that military campaign. Its statement on Sri Lanka is not without a little irony peppered into it. It says they have given 3 million dollars for the UN’s humanitarian assistance for starving Sri Lanka. The Ontario state legislature listed Sri Lanka as a country where ‘genocide’ occurred.

Source: Sunday Times January 15, 2023 00:50 UTC