Federal Court Justice, Joseph Robertson, in his ruling on January 18, 2000, in the deportation case against one Suresh Manickawasagam, stated that both the front organizations of the terrorist groups and the individual contributors were equally guilty of funding terrorism. The Canadian media and the intelligence services have reported extensively on the ruthless terrorist group known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to which Manickawasagam had ties, and their links to a network of front, cover and sympathetic organizations which they had established within Canada. Intelligence reports published by the CSIS have stated that there are 8-10 thousand trained cadres suspected of active involvement with foreign terrorist groups, who have gained entry into Canada as a result of fast tracking certain categories perceived as being at risk elsewhere.

Canada no doubt won the goodwill of the peace loving people of the world for the key role played in helping the member states to reach a consensus on the ‘Suppression of Financing of Terrorism’ at the United Nations. We recognize that Canada has been a leading proponent over the past decade in directing international attention to the scourge of terrorism and formulating resolutions such as the Ottawa Declaration, but beyond that, she has done little to stem the flow of funds to terrorist movements. Canada’s policy of merely focussing on incidents of terrorism after the fact and stopping at condemning such acts without designating the perpetrators of such crimes as terrorists, has permitted the front organizations to brazenly support such terror groups. Furthermore, the patronage extended by Canadian politicians at the federal, provincial and municipal levels to woo these questionable organizations, has led the international community to lose faith in Canada’s resolve to act on her commitment on the aforementioned U.N. Accord.