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A group of eight to 12 Indo-Canadian juveniles, around 16 years old, in the Queensborough area of New Westminster have become the shame of the Indo-Canadian community and a threat to innocent residents - and police have had enough of their alleged racist attacks.
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Canada is home to a multicultural mosaic where ethnic identity is always in flux, where people have fragmented roots and new hybrid identities are formed. How does one bind these elements together in our quest for creating social unity within diversity?
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Many unsuspecting or ignorant parents are unfortunately still unaware of the fact that teenagers are "hooking up" (meeting for sexual encounters) left, right and centre with absolute strangers through a raft of chat lines on the Internet and through sex phone lines.
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The flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Newark, New Jersey, was commanded by Sarbjit Singh Aulakh, who hails from Salana village, Fatehgarh district, Punjab. The first officer on the Compass Airline flight was Parmjit Singh Rana from Kotli Khakhian, Jalandhar district, Punjab. The regional airline is owned by Northwest.
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It appears odd that while Khalistan is being portrayed as a violent movement in Canada by some journalists notorious for perverting facts when it suits them, the peaceful, democratic movement is not viewed through jaundiced lens by Americans as was very evident at the recent Vaisakhi parade in New York.
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Quite apparently reacting to the lead story in last week's VOICE newspaper - "Why are the Liberals treating Surrey - where most Indo-Canadians live - as a second-rate city?" - Surrey-Tynehead's Liberal MLA Dave Hayer made a statement in the House on Monday, talking up the so-called health care achievements of his government.
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Obviously Liberals are not in touch with the health care services needs of Surrey residents. Local Liberal MLAs should spend less time delivering Premier Gordon Campbell's messages to the Surrey residents. Instead, they should spend more time taking Surrey's concerns to Victoria. Here is the reality check:
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It is indeed disgraceful - besides being criminal - that some people who disagree with journalists such as Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan and CBC's Terry Milewski have resorted to vile language and all kind of death threats against them in one form or the other.
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In 1980, recent immigrant men who had some employment income earned 85 cents for each dollar received by Canadian-born men. By 2005, the ratio had dropped to 63 cents. The corresponding numbers for recent immigrant women were 85 cents and 56 cents, respectively.
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#1. INNOVATIVE PROGRAM ENHANCES LITERACY FOR NEWCOMERS
#2. SURREY GETS DISPROPORTIONATELY SMALL NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR PLAYGROUNDS
#3. MINISTER REFUSES TO HELP SURREY SAWMILL
#4. SURREY CRACKS DOWN ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACES
#5. SURREY'S EMERGENCY CENTRE: 100 PER CENT PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATION
#6. NDP: SURREY'S HOMELESNESS DIRECT RESULT OF FAILED HOUSING PIOLICIES
#7. FREE CROWN GRANT PRESERVES PARK AND TREES IN SURREY
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Imagine you are sitting in a noisy classroom. You can barely hear the teacher. You read lips, but your teacher keeps turning her back as she talks. You miss most of the lesson and her instructions for the test tomorrow. You fail the test.
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#1. STEPHANE DION ATTENDS VAISAKHI PARADE IN TORONTO
#2. SURREY-DELTA PUNJABI BAZAAR CELEBRATES VAISAKHI
#3. FORMER HOSHIARPUR RESIDENTS ORGANIZE GET-TOGETHER
#4. WORKING FAMILIES MAKING LESS UNDER PREMIER GORDON CAMPBELL
#5. FEDERAL NDP CALLS REPORT A WAKE-UP CALL: NEW IMMIGRANTS SLIPPING INTO POVERTY
#6. WSO TO INDIA: CLEAN UP YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD BEFORE COMPLAINING
#7. SEA LION - B.C.'S OLDEST TUGBOAT - ON AUCTION BLOCK IN MAY
#8. LIBERALS: CONSERVATIVES BLURRING LINE BETWEEN TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS
#9. CONSERVATIVES: LIBERAL PARTY IS ALL TALK, NO ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
#10. DOCTORS TELL PROVINCE TO REJECT TWO-TIER SYSTEM
#11. NDP WARNS OF DANGER FROM HEALTH SUSTAINABILITY LEGISLATION
#12. SPEEDERS TARGETED IN MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN BY ICBC AND POLICE
#13. MORE CAMERAS TO HELP CATCH DANGEROUS DRIVERS
#14. NDP: STRONG MEASURES NEEDED TO STOP ESCAPES FROM PRISONS
#15. THREE PROVISIONS OF TACKLING VIOLENT CRIME ACT COME INTO FORCE
#16. IMMIGRATION MINISTER DIANE FINLEY ON ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
#17. FEDERAL LIBERALS ON ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
#18. FEDERAL NDP ON ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
#19. CJC COMMEMORATES HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
#21. LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO CUT VEHICLE EMISSIONS
#22. EYE IN THE SKY TO FOCUS ON BORDER SECURITY
#23. SURREY'S YMCA BENEFITS FROM RICK HANSEN WHEELS IN MOTION
#24. NDP PRESSURED GOVERNMENT TO GIVE PROTECTION TO RESERVISTS
#25. ELECTION ACT AMENDMENTS ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS
#26. LEGISLATION PAVES WAY FOR NEW UNIVERSITIES IN B.C.
#27. LIBERALS: REPATRIATE KHADR TO RECEIVE JUST TREATMENT
#28. CANADA POST LAUNCHES DOG AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
#29. BUILDING TRADES UNIONS URGE MP'S TO SUPPORT TOTAL BAN ON ASBESTOS
#30. CUPE TELLS PREMIER: FOLLOW MANITOBA'S EXAMPLE ON CHILDCARE
#31. WOMEN'S EQUALITY ACTION PLAN: CONSERVATIVES HAVE NO TARGET DATE
#32. SEVENTH ANNUAL BELL WALK FOR KIDS HELP PHONE IN B.C.
#33. NEW CENTRE TO TRAIN MORE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN B.C.
#34. BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA IMPROVE INSURANCE ACTS
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Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland this week looked askance at Immigration Minister Diane Finley's claim before Parliament's finance committee that "the current system, if left unchanged, is on track to collapse under its own weight."
