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கனடாவில் ஓர் தமிழ் வேட்பாளர் | செய்தியும் பின்னூட்டல்களும்

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Tamil candidates seek Toronto council seat

Last Updated: Monday, August 2, 2010 | 3:44 PM ET

CBC News

Toronto's Tamil community remains one of the largest in the city without one of its members on city council, but that could change in the next municipal election.

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Neethan Shan is one of three Tamil candidates seeking a seat on Toronto city council. Neethan Shan is one of three Tamil candidates seeking a seat on Toronto city council. Neethan Shan, one of three Tamils running for the council seat in Ward 42 (Scarborough-Rouge River), says the way Tamils in Toronto think about politics has changed in the past year.

"Definitely the political awareness has been increased because of the activism that's happened in the last year, but a lot of time the organizing in the Tamil community has been around federal issues," Chan said during an interview in the food court at Malvern Town Centre in the heart of Scarborough.

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Raymond Cho, the longtime incumbent in Ward 42, will pose a significant challenge for other candidates.Raymond Cho, the longtime incumbent in Ward 42, will pose a significant challenge for other candidates. (Toronto City Council)Chan, who made an unsuccessful bid as a New Democratic Party candidate in Scarborough-Guildwood in the 2007 provincial election, says attention is now focused on municipal issues, and the Tamil community wants one of its own on council.

The push is evident here in Ward 42, where Tamils make up nearly 20 per cent of the population.

Voters such as Abdeel Shaeed are excited by the prospect.

"A good majority of people living around here are South Asian," he said, "so a representative would be perfect."

But Cho and the other candidates in the ward are facing a steep challenge in incumbent Raymond Cho, the five-term councillor who garnered 52 per cent of the vote in the last election.

"I don't want to sound arrogant, but I expect a big majority," Cho told CBC News.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/08/02/tor-tamil-seeks-council-seat.html#socialcomments#ixzz0vUIk0iBx

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இதுவரை வந்துள்ள பின்னூட்டல்கள்:

If it works, don't fix it !

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all toronto needs, a terrorist on city council...But miller is mayor, so not much difference I guess.

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I don't live in Toronto, but I have to give my two cents on this.

I absolutely do not believe Tamils deserve any form of representation right now since they think it's better to disrupt the traffic flow of a fair chunk of Southern Ontario on their own whims when something isn't going their way.

Important questions must be asked. Does he support the Tigers? Are any of his family members part of the Tigers? Did he ever give any money to them? Very important questions to be asked.

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Way to go Canada...this is what "Multiculturalism" has brought us. I'm sure he'll be doing his part in "changing" Canada. Yet Canadians still vote Liberal. You get what you deserve.

Let's follow the tax dollars when he's elected and see what they go towards. I'm sure he'll be pushing for more ice rinks so that Canadian kids can be able to play hockey....riggggghhhhhhttttttt.

Just look at Mississauga, Brampton, and all the rest. I guess Canada's "diversity" has only been a blessing. Thanks Liberals...what a joke!

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romberger wrote:Posted 2010/08/02

at 4:14 PM ETall toronto needs, a terrorist on city council...But miller is mayor, so not much difference I guess.

Hi you romberger *** : do not class all Tamils to be terrorist, them it goes that all Irish are terrorist and the Italians are mafia’s. Which one are you?

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My sendiments exactly, if they are allowed on concil then the terrorist have won and it has proven they are welcomed into our country by our government especially from the tamil group. This is why it is so easy for them to get into our country especially by boated refugees and brought to a safe haven like toronto. Only in toronto would this be allowed to happend and be accepted by some. What we are just susspose to forget and say all is forgiven and let them do this.Well hey let this happend and we'll just see down the road how great it turned out to be and how many more turn out as "terrorist" on city council.and only to have other cities to follow suit and more let into our full country.

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Shan Chan, Cho!

Where in the world am I?

Oh yea, its Toronto?

UBIQUE

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I wish the young man every success. Some new and younger and more vigorous representation from that ward would be welcome on council I believe. Mr. Cho has not being doing any of the heavy lifting.

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I also wish that some T.O reporters would ask a REAL question to highlight where politicians stand. Ask Neethan what he thinks about the Tamils blocking a highway.

Way too much PC bs, no one will ask any of those questions yet we all know what his answer would be and what he really thinks about it. Also ask him if he'll be pushing for greater immigration from Sri Lanka...you know...because they have such skilled immigrants. Again a too non-PC type of question to ask.

Let's all pretend Multiculturalism and diversity is still so great! Please anyone, tell me what is good at all about it (but give me a non-lobotomized answer not the "we take the best from each culture" BS) . I'll give you 50 reasons why it's destroying Canada.

Now feel free to let er' rip and call me a racist. Another brilliant tactic to use when you don't have a factual answer.

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The Tamils are well known in Toronto.

Hopefully he can change the course of their history and become their role model.

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i don't vote for the person because of where he or she comes from i vote for the best candidate that will get the job done.

Mr Shan sounds like a racist,

he wants to represent his people, whose people are they, sir if your going to run in this country then perhaps you should care about all the people in the riding your running for not just the ones that came from your country that you left.

in Canada the best person hopefully wins the job, not the selected person, who is voted in because they represent the same ethnic background you came from.

and i thought only white people were racists.

1655

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I don't think the Tamils should be entitled to a position in our Government.

What I do think.....I think "Immigration" should be a main issue in the next Election. We will not have a "next" time with all the immigrants the Liberals are bringing into this Country.

We have enough Terrorists and spies in our Government now and we don't need the Liberals bringing more here. This is how they get the vote based on the number of Immigrants who vote for them.

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How long before the entire city of Toronto is Asian?

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To: CBCLiberalBlog

Human migration has been around since humans have had legs to walk on.

In fact, there is not one thriving economy on the planet that doesn't rely upon human migrants.

It is even more important now that globalized business & economic structure are the norm

& the reason Gov't is always pushing immigration is because (as long as I have been alive) Canada has never reached its immigration quota necessary to fulfill our economic necessities.

Canada's immigration problems are 2 fold stemming from the facts that we are secluded from most of the modern world & it is cold for half of the year in most parts.

I AM SURE YOU DO HAVE 50 GOOD REASONS TO BE ANGRY ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA. BUT I GUARANTEE THAT ANY EDUCATED ECONOMIST, BUSINESSMAN, POLITICIAN OR SOCIOLOGIST WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE A RATIONAL REBUTTAL FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM.

Perhaps your anger stems from your own personal life experiences rather than a carefully mapped out future for our great nation. & humanity in general

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மேலதிக பின்னூட்டல்கள், தகவல் மூலம்: சீ.பீ.சீ வலைத்தளம்

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வெள்ளைகளுக்கு மண்டை காயுது என்று மட்டும் விளங்குது.வெளிநாட்டுகாரர் தேர்த்தலில் நிற்பது வெள்ளைகளுக்கு பிடிக்கவில்லை. மேலும் தமிழர்கள் யாரும் பின்னூட்டமும் அளித்ததாக தெரியவில்லை.

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நிறைய சிறீலங்கன் பல்லாஸ் கருத்து எழுதியிருக்கு.. உதாரணமா..

My sendiments exactly, if they are allowed on concil then the terrorist have won and it has proven they are welcomed into our country by our government especially from the tamil group

ஹிஹி.. எலி முயல்வேசம் போட்டாலும் வால் காட்டிக் குடுத்திடுது..! :D

றேமன்ட் சோ எல்லோருக்கும் நன்கு அறிமுகமானவர் இப்பகுதிக்கு தேவையான அனைத்தையும் செய்து மக்களிடத்தில் நன்மதிப்பைப் பெற்றவர். தமிழர்களின் எழுச்சி நிகழ்வுகள் மற்றும் தமிழர்களின் போராட்டங்கள் பலவற்றில் பங்கு பற்றி தமிழ் மக்களிடமும் நன்கு மதிப்பைபெற்றவர். எனினும் தமிழ் மக்கள் அனைவரும் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக நீதனுக்கு வாக்களித்தாலும் வெற்றி பெறமுடியாது மற்றைய சமூகங்களின் ஆதரவு கட்டாயம் தேவை.

40 சதவீத வரையான மக்களே வாக்களிப்பார்கள் எனவே தமிழ் மக்களை 95 வீதமாக வாக்களிக்கச் செய்தும் பிற சமூகங்களின் ஆதரவைப் ஓரளவிற்குப் பெற்றாலும் வெற்றிக்கான வாய்ப்புக்கள் இருக்கிறது.

எதிர்வரும் நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலிலும் இத் தொகுதியில் தமிழ் வேட்பாளர் ஒருவர் என்.டி.பி கட்சியின் சார்பில் போட்டியிடுகிறார்.

இந்த இரு வேட்பாளர்களின் வெற்றிக்கும் தமது முழுமையாக வாக்குகளை அளிப்பது மட்டுமல்லாது பரப்புரை உள்ளிட்ட பணிகளில் ஈடுபட்டு கனேடிய அரசியலில் தமிழர்கள் தங்களின் கால்களைப் பதிப்பதற்கு அத்தொகுதியில் வாழும் தமிழ் மக்கள் உழைக்க வேண்டும்.

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