Leader in South Asian News - Tel: 905-795-0639 Friday, DecemberJune 2, 2017 14, 2018 www.WeeklyVoice.com VolVol 24, 23, No. No. 50 22 PM: 40025701 Mayor Brown Lauds Role Of ICCC, page 6 PayPal Launches Xoom Money Transfer Service, page 10 Top Volunteers Of Peel Honoured, page 13 Canada Adopts UN Migration Agreement OTTAWA: Canada believes Intergovernmental Conference sizing the positive contributions lence, discrimination and war. that effective international coop- to Adopt the Global Compact for of migrants, and the benefits of The Compact sets out 23 objec- eration is essential in order to ad- Safe, Orderly and Regular Migra- regular pathways and well-man- tives, each focusing on one aspect dress common challenges as well tion in Marrakech, Morocco. aged migration systems. Migrant of migration. Participating states as harness the benefits of global Among the countries that have and refugee flows are a growing are not expected to implement migration. pulled out of the agreement are phenomenon around the world,” each action, but to view them Canada has announced its sign- Poland, Bulgaria, Italy, the Czech a release by the ministry noted. as examples of best practices on ing of the Global Compact for Republic and Austria, which cur- According to the United Na- how to achieve the objectives. It Safe, Orderly and Regular Mi- rently holds the EU’s rotating tions, there are currently about emphasizes state sovereignty as a gration (GCM), the first global presidency. Non-EU countries Is- 258 million people on the move. guiding principle and that it is a framework on all aspects of in- rael, the USA and Australia also Of these, 68.5 million are forcibly state’s sovereign right to control ternational migration. Ahmed rejected the pact. displaced people - including refu- its own borders. Special Representative of the United Hussen, Minister of Immigra- “The GCM acknowledges the Nations Secretary-General General gees and asylum seekers - who Canada has been actively en- tion, Refugees and Citizenship, serious challenges that irregular the Conference in Morocco. (AP are forced to flee their homes in gaged in the development of the made the announcement at the migration poses, while empha- Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy) search of new ones due to vio- Continued on page 2 Congress Sweeps Out Action Urged On BJP In Three States Toronto Police Race Results Seen As Big Blow To PM Modi; TRS Keeps Telengana Profiling, Shootings TORONTO: Black people liv- ing in Toronto are far more likely to be injured or killed in interac- tions with city police, Ontario’s Human Rights Commission said Monday as it called on the force to deal with what it described as a serious problem. The findings were contained in an interim report on the com- mission’s probe into racial pro- filing and discrimination by the Renu Toronto Police Service. Mandhane After analyzing numbers from the force as well as an agency that The report found that although investigates police complaints, black residents comprised 8.8 per Chief Commissioner Renu Man- cent of Toronto’s total population, dhane said the data _ including they accounted for 25 per cent a finding that black people were of SIU investigations during the nearly 20 times more likely to time period studied. die in a police shooting than their Black complainants were in- white counterparts _ should stand volved in 28 per cent of all use- as proof that the force needs to of-force investigations, with their take urgent action. representation trending sharply “The Ontario Human Rights Continued on page 2 Congress party supporters hold a cut-out of party President Rahul Gandhi and celebrate in New Commission’s findings ... are dis- Delhi on Tuesday. (AP Photo) turbing and they demand an ex- NEW DELHI: In a severe jolt the last 10 years. ited claim for the post. planation,’’ Mandhane said at a to the BJP in the Hindi heartland Kamal Nath was on Thursday The picture became clear in the news conference outlining the in- in the “semi finals” ahead of the chosen as the new Chief Minis- evening with Pilot, who stayed vestigation’s initial findings. “At 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the ter of Madhya Pradesh, heralding put in Delhi, appealing to party this interim stage, we are calling Congress on Tuesday knocked Congress rule in the state after 15 workers to maintain peace and on the Toronto police to acknowl- the saffron party out of power years. saying that he would “welcome” edge the commission’s very seri- in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Kamal Nath, who flew in here any decision that will be taken by ous human rights concerns.’’ Madhya Pradesh. late in the evening, was formally the party. Much of the data in the report However, in Telangana, the rul- chosen leader of the state Con- Suffering his worst defeat since was derived from cases probed ing Telangana Rashtriya Samithi gress legislature party after party coming to power in 2014, Prime by Ontario’s Special Investiga- (TRS)’s gamble of going for President Rahul Gandhi decided Minister Narendra Modi tweeted tions Unit, an agency that looks early elections paid off with the on his name over the other aspi- late in the night that he accepted into incidents involving police in party scoring a landslide 4/5th rant Jyotiraditya Scindia, party the verdict with humility and which someone is killed, injured BROKER win getting 87 seats out of 119 observer A.K. Antony said. would work with greater vigour or accused of sexual assault. at stake, thrashing the Congress- In Rajastan, veteran Congress for the people. An examination of SIU cases led People’s Front. The Congress leader Ashok Gehlot emerged as The highlight of the counting involving Toronto police officers also lost its last bastion in the Congress President Rahul Gan- day was the ding-dong battle be- between Jan. 1, 2013 and June 30, Northeast when it was defeated dhi’s pick as the Chief Minister tween the ruling Bharatiya Janata 2017 suggested black people’s in- convincingly by the Mizo Na- in Rajasthan, with state Congress Party (BJP) and the Congress in teractions with city police were tional Front (MNF) ending the President Sachin Pilot apparently Madhya Pradesh where leads al disproportionate to their repre- Congress’ hold over power for giving up after putting up a spir- Continued on page 4 sentation in the population. Sikh Groups Upset Over ‘Extremism’ Tag In Report OTTAWAL Several Sikh orga- Under the sub-heading: Sikh Khalistani terrorists, which killed A statement from the Ontario nizations in Canada are said to be (Khalistani) Extremism, the re- 331 people, remains the deadli- Khalsa Darbar, one of the larg- furious with the federal govern- port reads: est terrorist plot ever launched in est gurdwaras in Canada, based ment for listing ‘Sikh extremism’ “Some individuals in Canada Canada. in Mississauga: said “Rather than in 2018 Public Report on the Ter- continue to support Sikh (Kha- “While attacks around the defending the reputation of Ca- rorism Threat to Canada. listani) extremist ideologies and world in support of this move- nadian Sikhs and denying these They are demanding that the movements. This political move- ment have declined, support for baseless allegations, it appears federal government provide evi- ment aims to create an indepen- the extreme ideologies of such that the Canadian government is dence to support the claim . dent homeland for Sikhs called groups remains. content to capitulate to Indian de- In the Section on ‘The Current Khalistan, in India. “For example, in Canada, two mands to crack down on the Sikh Terrorist Threat to Canada’ Ot- “Violent activities in support key Sikh organizations, Babbar activists.” tawa has listed: of an independent Sikh homeland Khalsa International and the In- Reacting to the report, The • Sunni Islamist Extremism have fallen since their height dur- ternational Sikh Youth Federa- World Sikh Organization of • Right-Wing Extremism ing the 1982-1993 period when tion, have been identified as be- Canada President Mukhbir Singh • Sikh (Khalistani) Extremism individuals and groups conduct- ing associated with terrorism and said WSO President Mukhbir • Shia Extremism ed numerous terrorist attacks. remain listed terrorist entities un- Singh said today, “it is deeply • Extremist Travellers. The 1985 Air India bombing by der the Criminal Code. Continued on page 3 A-2 | Friday, December 14, 2018 FRONT/NATIONAL www.WeeklyVoice.com THE WEEKLY VOICE Ottawa Calls Migration Pact A Major Milestone EDITOR Bala Menon Colntinued from page 1 GCM. This includes the majority CONTRIBUTING WRITERS of the almost 200 action items, Preeti Thandi which reflect Canadian practices Harj Chaggar and are aligned with the com- Amitabh Saxena pact’s objectives and commit- Graphic Design ments. Tamarind Tree Following more than a year of negotiations, this is an important Classifieds milestone and represents the first HarSimrat Panfer multilateral framework for the global response to migration. ACCOUNT MANAGERS Hussen said: “Comprehensive Manu Ramachandran G Prasaad national migration systems can Rohit Malhotra help drive innovation, economic Maha growth, and social stability. Our government believes that this ONLINE MARKETING Global Compact is not only an MANAGER effective way to address the chal- An installation depicting migrants is pictured at the UN Migration Conference in Marrakech. At least 16 countries have rebuffed or hesitated to sign the accord. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy) Amitabh Saxena lenges that migration can bring, but is also an opportunity for na- eliminate gender-based violence. ship Canada and Global Affairs. has made Canada strong, and in- ACCOUNTS Canada would especially like to • The number of international deed something the world needs Asha J Singhh tions to harness the contributions of newcomers and to ensure their thank Louise Arbour for her lead- migrants worldwide has contin- more of,’’ Trudeau said.