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A-2 | Friday, May 17, 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com Canada’s Leading South Asian Newspaper - Tel: 905-795-0639 Friday, MayJune 17, 2, 20172019 www.WeeklyVoice.com VolVol 25, 23, No. No. 20 22 PM: 40025701 CAA Launches ‘Slow Down, Move Over’ Day, page 6 Initiatives To Enhance Downtown Brampton, page 10 ‘CanadaWatch’ Highlights India-Canada Ties, page 12 Scheer For Total Reset Of India Ties; Will Kill Carbon Tax, Act On Border Conservative Leader Also Talks Of Indo-Pacific Region, Northwest Passage, China And Energy Policy By Bala Menon want our clean energy, they want a stable partner and so we need MISSISSAUGA: Conserva- our oil to get access to the Pacific tive Party leader Andrew Scheer ports and on to India. I have al- has called for a complete re- ready started the process…” set of Canada-India ties. In a The Conservative Party has wide-ranging interview with the leap frogged over the other par- Weekly Voice, Scheer said Prime ties to collect over $8 million in Minister Justin Trudeau’s now the first quarter of this year for its infamous trip to India, and by all election coffers and is also enjoy- accounts a disaster, pushed back ing high popularity in polls - way the relationship between the two ahead of both the Liberals and the countries. NDP across Canada. In all likeli- Suggesting that it was main- hood, Andrew Scheer looks set to ly an image-building exercise, become the next Prime Minister Scheer said Trudeau did not take of Canada this fall. the trip seriously and this harmed On the Indo-Pacific region, the warming ties between the two Scheer pointed out that the Liber- countries. al government does not take for- “We have tremendous potential eign policy very seriously. ’Can- with India, we have a common ada needs to have stronger ties parliamentary system, basic com- Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer stands during question period in the House of Commons on with our allies, and we are seeing mitment to democratic values Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick how China is getting assertive and human rights and that is why improving our person-to-person I found that everybody in India the effort to develop stronger ties. in its relationship with Canada. my focus will be on India,” said ties and work with Prime Minis- loves Canada. Our brand image We have to take advantage of the Canadians are being mistreated, Scheer, pointing out that Justin ter Modi on many issues and I am is very strong but unfortunately goodwill that we have.” they are violating principles of Trudeau admired China more. looking forward to it.” the message there is that Canada Scheer pointed out that India justice and the Trudeau govern- “After being elected Prime Scheer said: “I was in India last is not fighting enough to get mar- was keen on building an energy ment has done nothing.” Minister I will be working on year as part of a trade mission and ket access, the investment and relationship with Canada, “they Continued on page 4 Ottawa Accused Of BJP Will Win Over 300 Seats: Shah NEW DELHI: BJP Presi- of Opposition. Meanwhile, the dent Amit Shah on Wednesday Congress said that that the big- Playing Politics claimed that his party would win gest political party should get a over 300 seats on its own in the chance to lead the government. Lok Sabha polls, while opposi- “We hope that we will emerge tion parties may not even get as such after the results of Lok With Terror Report the required number to elect the Sabha elections are out on May Leader of Opposition. 23 and the appropriate call will Row Over Removal Of ‘Extremism’ Tags “Till the sixth phase of poll- be taken,” a spokesperson said. ing, we have crossed the figure OTTAWA _ The federal Tories needed for an absolute majority are accusing the Trudeau gov- and after the seventh phase, the ernment of playing politics by BJP would cross the mark of 300 The madrassa in Balakot. Pic: stripping specific references to on its own,” Shah told the media Planet Labs/via IANS specific religious groups from its here. annual report on terrorism. Taking a swipe at the opposi- sition. If they want to elect LoP Conservative public-safety tion parties for making efforts together, that they can,” he said. critic Pierre Paul-Hus suggested to forge fronts ahead of the The BJP chief claimed that the to the House of Commons nation- counting on May 23, he said it party will win over 23 seats in al-security committee Monday would be required only after the West Bengal ruled by Chief Min- that the Liberals bowed to “pres- Bharatiya Janata Party’s numbers ister Mamata Banerjee. sure tactics’’ simply to avoid of- come down. Telangana Chief Minister K. fending anyone. Conservative MP “Any front will work if our Chandrashekhar Rao has pro- Public Safety Minister Ralph Pierre Paul-Hus - CP numbers come down. We are posed the formation of a Federal Goodale said the government re- partisan issue but rather an effort going to win over 300 seats. If Front, comprising non-BJP and moved the terms “Sikh,’’ “Sunni’’ non-Congress parties. BROKER to be accurate, precise and fair someone wants to make federal BROKER and “Shia’’ from the report when in conveying information about front to elect Leader of Opposi- In 2014, the BJP with 282 seats referring to extremism to avoid terrorist threats. “Canadians of tion, we have no objection. There got a clear majority on its own conveying the impression that an all faiths and backgrounds have is democracy in the country. and the Congress was reduced to REMAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE entire religion or community is helped to build our country and “It can happen that they won’t 44, less than 1/10th, which as per a threat to national security. He continue to be integral members even get the required number of the existing norms does not al- told the committee it was not a Continued on page 4 seats to elect the Leader of Oppo- low it to claim the post of Leader Paramount Owner Wins $2.5M In Defamation Case TORONTO: A self-styled online me- cluding a claim Fakih was an “economic dia personality whose websites frequently terrorist’’ with backing from the Pakistani air anti-Muslim content has been ordered spy agency. to pay the owner of a prominent Middle He also alleged restaurant policy barred Eastern restaurant chain millions of dollars staff from admitting anyone who wasn’t a after publicly accusing him of funding ter- “jihadist.’’ rorism. Ferguson says Johnston’s words amount- Ontario Superior Court Justice Jane Fer- ed to hate speech that called for particular- guson ordered Kevin J. Johnston to pay a ly strong condemnation from the court. total of $2.5 million in damages for defa- “In this fractious 21st century _ where mation to Mohamad Fakih, the owner and social media and the internet now allow founder of Paramount Fine Foods. some of the darkest forces in our society Johnston, who operated websites includ- to achieve attention _ (issues raised by the ing FreedomReport.ca and recently came case) are numerous and profound, and their in second place in Mississauga’s mayoral impact extends well beyond the borders of race, posted multiple videos attacking this country,’’ she wrote in her decision re- Fakih. leased Monday. “Motivated by ignorance In the videos, shot in 2017, Johnston and a reckless regard for acceptable norms, Mohamad Fakhi Of Paramount. Pic: Twitter made a series of incendiary statements in- Continued on page 4 A-4 | Friday, May 17, 2019 FRONT PAGE www.WeeklyVoice.com THE WEEKLY VOICE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We Need Fair, Orderly Immigration: Scheer Bala Menon Continued from page 3 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Canada’s focus should be on Shazia Malik working closely with countries like Japan and India and rein- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS vigorate ties with the US and be a Preeti Thandi better security partner. “We were Harj Chaggar once natural allies with the US, Amitabh Saxena UK and our Nato partners - now Graphic Design we have to constantly reinvest in Tamarind Tree these ties…” “I also don’t agree with the Classifieds Trudeau government’s decision HarSimrat Panfer to give $256 million to the Asian Infrastructure Bank - it is run ACCOUNT MANAGERS by the Chinese government and Manu Ramachandran is used to advance their foreign G Prasaad Rohit Malhotra policy goals, they have veto over Maha it, they control it…” The Conservative leader was ONLINE MARKETING confident about getting the Trans MANAGER Mountain pipeline built and said Amitabh Saxena Trudeau had bought the pipeline Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer and Voice Media Group CEO Sudhir Anand turn the by giving billions of dollars to a pages of the Weekly Voice newspaper at the Voice offices in Mississauga. ACCOUNTS foreign business for them to leave bility in terms of icebreakers and people coming from the US are - the Liberal plan is a tax plan - it Asha J Singhh the country.