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An 1898 US Supreme Court case confirmed birthright citizenship 

Continued from page 01 

So, the question the justices 

had to answer was whether 

the 14th Amendment applies 

to any child born in the US, or 

whether it had some built-in 

limitations not evident from 

the plain language of the law. 

History, intent, and the 

14th Amendment 

Wong’s opposition argued 

that “accidents of birth” could 

not confer citizenship. But 

ultimately the high court disagreed 

with this claim, finding 

that the 14th Amendment’s declaratory 

language left no question 

as to who it protected. The 

justices also examined the history 

of birthright citizenship in 

English and international law. 

Jus soli, or citizenship based 

on birth in a territory, was 

well-established for centuries 

in England, they noted. And in 

fact, “accidents of birth” had 

long conferred citizenship. The 

court cited a pamphlet written 

in Philadelphia in 1853 that 

pointed out, “The right of citizenship… 

is incident to birth in 

the country… The child of an 

alien, if born in the country, is 

as much a citizen as the natural 

born child of a citizen, and by 

operation of the same principle.” 

As to the US government’s 

intent when the 14th Amendment 

was passed, the majority 

concluded that “in the forefront 

both of the Fourteenth Amendment 

of the Constitution and 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 

the fundamental principle of 

citizenship by birth within the 

dominion was reaffirmed in 

the most explicit and comprehensive 

terms.” Wong was not 

an immigrant, the high court 

ruled, because he was born in 

the US to non-diplomats. His 

parents’ origins and the exclusion 

of Chinese immigrants 

didn’t change that fact. It was 

evident to the justices that the 

14th Amendment contained 

no secret limitations that contradict 

the clear declaration in 

the law. The majority opinion 

states: As appears upon the 

face of the amendment, as well 

as from the history of the times, 

this was not intended to impose 

any new restrictions upon citizenship, 

or to prevent any persons 

from becoming citizens 

by the fact of birth within the 

United States… It is declaratory 

in form, and enabling and 

extending in effect. 

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the citizenship of free black 

people after the abolition of 

slavery, that in no way created 

other limitations on citizenship 

for children born in the US. “[T] 

he opening words, ‘All persons 

born,’ are general, not to say 

universal, restricted only by 

place and jurisdiction, and not 

by color or race,” according to 

the majority opinion. So, the 

court concluded that “it is only 

necessary that [one] should 

be born or naturalized in the 

United States to be a citizen of 

the Union.” 

Fast forward 120 years 

When US v. Wong Kim Ark 

was decided in 1898, the US was 

barely a century old. Women 

could not vote. Chinese immigration 

was illegal. Slavery had 

only been abolished 33 years 

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Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, speaking on CNN, said 

the prospective deployments feel "more symbolic than practical." 

Beyond his new troop threat, Trump also disputed legal 

scholars by saying it is not necessary to amend the Constitution 

to end birthright citizenship, claiming he can do it with an executive 

order or, preferably, with congressional legislation. 

"So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country 

billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended 

one way or the other," Trump tweeted earlier in the day. "It is not 

covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words 'subject to 

the jurisdiction thereof.'" Trump added that "many legal scholars 

agree" with him although he did not name any. 

In fact, many legal scholars say the 14th Amendment is clear 

in conferring citizenship on people born in the United States. 

“The president cannot erase the Constitution with an executive 

order," said Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ 

Rights Project. "This is a transparent and blatantly 

unconstitutional attempt to sow division and fan the flames of 

anti-immigrant hatred in the days ahead of the midterms.” 

Several attorneys noted that James Ho, an appeals court 

judge nominated by Trump, wrote in a 2006 law review article 

that “birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth 

Amendment," and an amendment to the U.S. Constitution 

is "the only way to restrict birthright citizenship.” 

In claiming authority to act on his own, Trump cited 

Obama's executive order on the Deferred Action for Childhood 

Arrivals (DACA) program, designed to protect young 

undocumented immigrants from deportation. 

"If he can do DACA, we can do this by executive order," 

Trump said, though there's little doubt such a move would 

be immediately challenged in court.Trump's call to end 

automatic citizenship and troop deployments are the latest 

in a series of moves aimed at highlighting his hard-line 

immigration stance ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. 

Advisers to Trump have said they believe the immigration 

issue will help galvanize his core supporters in an election 

where Republican control of the House and Senate are at 

stake. 

In recent weeks, Trump has also vowed to stop the "caravan" 

of Central Americans from entering the U.S., even 

though they are nowhere near the border. This week, the 

administration authorized the dispatch of 5,200 U.S. troops 

to the border, and Trump indicated more are on the way. 

Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted: "Our military is being 

mobilized at the Southern Border. Many more troops 

coming. We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also 

made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into 

the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN 

AROUND!" These kinds of claims could also motivate Hispanic 

voters upset over Trump's immigration policies and 

rhetoric to vote for Democratic candidates. 

Any voter who is an immigrant, or whose families include 

immigrant, is apt to be concerned about Trump's rhetoric, 

said Republican strategist Liz Mair. 

"Let’s see how enthusiastic these voters are to support literally 

any Democrat going," she said. "My guess is 'very.'" 

Democratic strategist Lis Smith called Trump's approach "a 

base-only strategy that threatens to backfire on Republicans in 

this election and beyond. The GOP is already having problems 

with suburban voters, young voters, college-educated voters, 

and Latino voters – all of whom reject anti-immigrant rhetoric 

and policies."Trump, confident that most voters agree with him 

on illegal immigration, prepared to kick off a last-week pre-election 

blitz of eight states, starting with the Wednesday night rally 

in Florida.During a jobs event at the White House, Trump said 

he is not opposed to immigration itself. "We want people coming 

into the country, we want them to come in legally," the president 

said. "We want them to come in through merit so that they can 

help these companies." Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, said 

an executive order from Trump is insufficient, and that ending 

birthright citizenship would require legislation and probably an 

amendment to the Constitution. 

"I think in this case the 14th Amendment is pretty clear, and 

that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process," 

said Ryan, R-Wisconsin, to radio station WVLK. 

before. The high court had just 

determined two years prior to 

Wong’s case that blacks were 

“separate but equal” in the 1896 

Plessy v. Ferguson decision, determining 

that segregation in 

public facilities was legal. 

Still, even then, despite a 

prevailing climate of racism 

and sexism, when there were 

countless legal and institutional 

barriers to equality, the 

Supreme Court recognized that 

citizenship of children born on 

US soil was recognized by the 

14th Amendment. 

Now, Trump wants to 

turn back the clock on birthright 

citizenship as part of his 

clampdown on immigration. 

On Oct. 30, he falsely claimed 

that no other nation provides 

this right, although in fact one 

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He contends that the process 

for denying the right is simple, 

arguing: “I think it says it very 

loud and clear in the Constitution, 

that you don’t have to go 

through the process of whatever 

they’re talking about. And 

by the way, this is not a constitutional 

amendment. You don’t 

need a constitutional amendment 

for birthright citizenship. 

I believe that you can have a 

simple vote in Congress, or it’s 

even possible, in my opinion— 

this is after meeting with some 

very talented, legal scholars— 

that you can do it through an 

executive order.” 

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An 1898 US Supreme Court case 

confirmed birthright citizenship 

The Canadian Press 

Washington: The plain language 

of the 14th Amendment to 

the US Constitution explicitly provides 

for birthright citizenship. 

Nonetheless, on Oct. 30, president 

Donald Trump revealed that he intends 

to issue an executive order 

that would bar children of foreign 

parents from becoming Americans 

by virtue of birth on US soil. 

With this revelation, Trump 

ignited debate about a long-settled 

issue, one the Supreme Court resolved 

120 years ago in favor of 

birthright citizenship, though at 

the time the country’s laws were 

explicitly exclusionary and racist. 

A San Francisco native 

comes home 

In 1898, the Supreme Court decided 

US v. Wong Kim Ark. Wong 

was born in San Francisco to 

Chinese parents in 1873. He lived 

in the US all his life. His parents 

eventually left the country and he 

visited them in China in his late 

teens and again in his early twenties. 

Upon his return to the US in 

1895, a customs agent refused him 

entry, stating that Wong was not 

a US citizen based on the Chinese 

Exclusion Acts, federal laws that 

barred Chinese immigration, originally 

passed in 1882 and extended 

in various forms until 1943. 

Wong challenged the exclusion, 

arguing that he was a US 

citizen based on the 14th Amendment. 

The amendment, adopted 

in 1866, provides that “[a]ll persons 

born or naturalized in the 

United States, and subject to the 

jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of 

the United States and of the State 

wherein they reside.” Wong argued 

that the Chinese Exclusion 

Acts, which barred immigrants, 

did not apply to him because he 

was American by virtue of birth 

on US soil. 

One thing was clear, the Supreme 

Court noted in the majority 

opinion—a US citizen can’t be denied 

entry to the country based on 

exclusionary immigration laws. 

“It is conceded that, if [Wong] is 

a citizen of the United States, the 

acts of Congress, known as the 

Chinese Exclusion Acts, prohibiting 

persons of the Chinese race, 

and especially Chinese laborers, 

from coming into the United 

States, do not and cannot apply to 

him,” the majority wrote. 

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Donald Trump says birthright citizenship will 

end 'one way or the other'; others disagree 

WASHINGTON: In a major 

setback for Punjabi-origin 

candidates in Canada, only 

three of the nearly three dozen 

candidates in the fray registered 

victories in high-voltage 

Brampton civic elections held 

yesterday. In all, 128 candidates 

were in the fray. Ramping up 

his pre-election immigration 

battle, President Donald Trump 

insisted Wednesday he can end 

birthright citizenship and said 

he may wind up deploying 10,000 

to 15,000 troops on the U.S.-Mexican 

border. "We're not allowing 

people to come in," Trump told 

reporters as he left the White 

House en route to a campaign 

rally in Fort Myers, Florida. His 

comments came the same week 

the administration authorized 

5,200 troops for border duty, part 

of what critics call election-year 

stunts to spur Republican turnout 

in next week's congressional 

elections. Trump again protested 

a caravan of migrants from 

Central America to the United 

States, even though they are still 

hundreds of miles from the U.S. 

border. 

"This is crazy," tweeted Michael 

McFaul, a former ambassador 

to Russia under President 

Barack Obama. In another post, 

he said: "If the President is calling 

for war against an invading 

army, shouldn't the U.S. Congress 

be voting on a declaration 

of war? Trump is threatening 

to deploy more troops against 

these 'enemies' than we have in 

Iraq or Afghanistan." 


Businesses and communities 

across Canada to benefit from 

increased immigration 

World’s tallest statue 

unveiled in India 

Ottawa, ON : The Honourable 

Ahmed Hussen, 

Minister of Immigration, 

Refugees and Citizenship, 

announced the new multiyear 

immigration levels 

plan for 2019-2021. This 

new immigration plan will 

benefit all Canadians because 

immigrants contribute 

to Canada’s economic 

growth and help keep Canada 

competitive in a global 

economy. The new plan 

builds on the strong economic 

foundation laid out 

in last year’s levels plan 

and continues to responsibly 

grow the number of 

permanent residents Canada 

welcomes annually to 

330,800 in 2019, 341,000 in 

2020 and 350,000—nearing 

1 percent of Canada’s population—in 

2021. 


Kevadiya: India’s prime minister on Wednesday unveiled a towering bronze 

statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key independence leader being promoted as a 

national icon in the ruling party’s campaign ahead of next year’s general elections. 

Patel, who hailed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native Gujarat state, 

was also India’s first home minister after the 1947 independence from Britain. 

He was known as the “Iron Man of India” for integrating various states in the 

postindependence era, when the creation of Pakistan led to massive bloodshed between 

Hindus and Muslims moving between the two nations. The statue is part 

of a broader project by Modi to counter the opposition Indian National Congress 

Party’s firm claim on India’s history by way of the country’s first prime minister, 

Jawaharlal Nehru, his mentor, peace activist Mahatma Gandhi, and his daughter, 

former prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her guards in 1984. 

Continued on page 01

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November 02, 2018 | Toronto 04 

Police raid Indian call-centres linked to 'CRA 

phone scam' that has victimized Canadians 

brampton : Over the past 

two weeks, Indian police have 

been bursting into suspected 

illegal call centres, arresting 

everyone in sight and seizing 

troves of equipment used to 

carry out phone fraud aimed 

at foreigners. Hundreds of 

Canadians are among the 

victims of the so-called "CRA 

scam," and their combined 

losses — from just two of the 

raided offices — are likely to 

be at least in the hundreds of 

thousands of dollars. 

"This is just the beginning, 

says Chief Ajay Pal 

Sharma of the Noida Station. 

"More illegal call centres are 

running in the city, which 

will be busted soon. We will 

be conducting more raids." 

Police say they arrested 

28 people in just one of their 

sweeps, including two seen 

as the kingpins of the operation. 

Most are in their twenties. 

They are expected to face 

fraud-related charges, which 

could result in jail time. 

The raids were triggered 

by a visit from Canadian 

police to Noida, a suburb of 

India's capital New Delhi, following 

a CBC Marketplace 

investigation that revealed 

how and where many of the 

scammers were operating. 

An RCMP officer based in 

India, in cooperation with 

the FBI, approached Indian 

authorities to act. 

It's part of a message the 

Mounties are trying to send 

in India. 

"We're going to work 

jointly, collaboratively to 

take you down," says Inspector 

Peter Payne, the federal 

force's top cop on financial 

crime. 

Dozens of scam centres 

are believed to still be active 

in multiple cities across India, 

each with independent 

managers and using their 

own technology to evade detection. 

Indian security observers 

also believe at least 

some of the centres are operating 

with police approval, 

in a country where bribery 

is not an unusual way to circumvent 

investigative scrutiny. 

In just one of the raided 

facilities, investigators located 

a spreadsheet containing 

details on more than 600 Canadian 

victims of the scheme. 

RCMP officers in Canada will 

now begin the task of contacting 

every one of them to determine 

how much was stolen 

from them, and whether 

there is any prospect of getting 

the money back. "We're 

going to try our best efforts to 

do it," Insp. Payne told CBC 

News, "but I can't make any 

guarantees." 

Indian police have also 

paraded those arrested in 

front of news cameras. They 

say it's being done in part to 

show action against an industry 

that rarely faces prosecution, 

and also to send a message 

to the many centres that 

continue to operate. 

How the scam works 

The CRA scam, just one 

of the criminal schemes operated 

from the centres, typically 

begins with a robocall 

claiming to be from the CRA 

and telling the recipient that 

they owe taxes. The target is 

informed that they must call 

back — or face arrest and 

imprisonment. Call spoofing 

technology is used to make 

it appear the number is in 

Canada, and sometimes even 

originating from a legitimate 

CRA contact centre. 

Those who call back are 

subjected to further threats, 

but then offered a one-time 

chance to pay and settle the 

matter. 

Thousands of Canadians 

have done exactly that over 

the past several years, at an 

estimated cost of more than 

$10 million, falling prey to the 

dozens of call centres using 

the same scheme. 

The victims are often the 

most vulnerable — the elderly 

or immigrants to Canada. 

CBC News spoke to a 

number of them, many of 

whom reported feeling deeply 

embarrassed. Most do not 

want to be identified, for fear 

of being targeted again. 

GehangirRashidi, who 

lost more than $100,000 to 

scammers, says he welcomes 

the latest raids and arrests. 

"This is excellent, it makes 

me happy. Keep going. Find 

all of them … I'd like my money 

back." 

That may prove to be 

challenging. 

Victims are asked to 

hand over money in a variety 

of ways, including through 

CRA reaps more than $1B through 

clawbacks of federal benefits over 5 yr 

Toronto : The Canada 

Revenue Agency netted 

more than $1 billion over 

the past five years through 

the agency's annual reviews 

of Canadians' federal 

benefits — prompting 

critics to accuse the agency 

of making money off the 

most vulnerable. 

Critics also say that 

some of the benefit money 

clawed back from taxpayers 

is actually coming 

from people who qualify 

for those benefits but 

couldn't prove it because of 

the agency's onerous standards, 

tight timelines and 

bureaucratic bungling. 

"The part that's troubling 

is what we hear 

from Canadians (who) ... 

do qualify for the benefit 

but simply can't comply 

with the demands put on 

them to prove their claim 

with the CRA," said Conservative 

national revenue 

critic Pat Kelly in an interview 

with CBC News. 

"If people are just simply 

giving up on benefits 

to which they're entitled, 

that's not the way that a 

government should raise 

revenue." 

CRA numbers provided 

to CBC News show that 

since 2013-2014, CRA benefit 

reviews have identified 

$3.021 billion to be repaid 

by taxpayers — while the 

amount the agency found 

it owed taxpayers through 

those reviews totalled 

$1.837 billion. 

The result: the CRA 

netted $1.184 billion 

through benefit reviews 

over five years. 

"It's a big number and 

it would represent many 

thousands of families that 

would be affected, so this 

reaches into every community 

across Canada," said 

Kelly. 

Each year, the CRA 

reviews the eligibility of 

hundreds of thousands of 

Canadians for the Canada 

Child Benefit (and its predecessor, 

the Universal 

Child Care Benefit) and 

the GST/HST credit. Eligibility 

for those benefits 

can change due to shifts 

in income, marital status 

and custody status, among 

other things. 

Over the past five 

years, the agency has reviewed 

332,131 accounts 

each year on average. 

About 62 per cent of those 

accounts are found to be 

in need of adjustment one 

way or the other. 

The CRA's benefit reviews 

have come under 

increased scrutiny in the 

past year as Canadians 

have come forward with 

complaints about the agency's 

onerous requests for 

proof of eligibility. Some 

have claimed that, even 

when taxpayers are able 

to comply with the 30 day 

time limit, the CRA does 

not believe them. 

bitcoin ATMs and gift cards, 

including those offered by 

credit card companies and 

Apple. Further complicating 

things, offshore financial 

intermediaries often process 

the money to insulate the 

scammers from scrutiny, 

generally pocketing about 40 

per cent of the total amount, 

according to Indian police. 

Victims feel complaints 

were ignored 

Though the scam itself 

has existed in India for close 

to a decade, these sorts of 

police raids are exceedingly 

rare. The October arrests 

mark the first in two years. 

Many Canadian victims 

of the scams told CBC News 

earlier this year that they felt 

their complaints were being 

ignored. Some reported their 

cases to local police forces, 

but were told the crime originated 

overseas and so nothing 

could be done by Canadian 

authorities. 

Others contacted the Canadian 

Anti-Fraud Centre, 

run jointly by the RCMP and 

other agencies, but many 

said those complaints were 

never responded to. 

The bulk of the call centres 

operate in Mumbai, India's 

largest metropolis. In 

July, senior Indian police officials 

there told CBC News 

they'd never received a request 

for assistance from the 

RCMP to intervene against 

the scam. The RCMP say they 

are most certainly in contact 

now, and expect to continue 

the co-operation with Indian 

law enforcement. They also 

say information is being 

shared through the secretive 

Five Eyes inter-government 

intelligence and surveillance 

network. Canada's federal 

force acknowledges that investigative 

reports done by 

CBC News put a spotlight on 

the issue and contributed to 

the action being taken. 

"It drew more public 

awareness onto law enforcement 

and the Government 

of Canada to do something," 

Insp. Payne says. "We're serious 

about combating this issue, 

and public awareness is 

the only way to do it." 

While the RCMP has 

scored some limited success 

with the latest raids, the federal 

force is emphasizing prevention 

over prosecution. In 

other words, they want Canadians 

to know what the scam 

sounds like so they can avoid 

becoming a victim. 

"It's more of an education 

awareness thing," Insp.Payne 

says. "These scammers are 

not going to stop." 

Strong Economic Ties between 

Canada, United States and Mexico 

Brampton : Canada, 

United States and Mexico 

reached an agreement on 

a new and modern trade 

agreement called the 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement (USMCA) 

earlier this month. The 

agreement is particularly 

significant for Canadian 

businesses, workers and 

communities in areas such 

as labour, environment, 

automotive 

trade, dispute resolution, 

culture, energy, 

and agriculture and 

agri-food. The United 

States Mexico 

Canada Agreement is an updated, 

modernized version 

of the North AmericanFree 

Trade Agreement which 

provides a secure and stable 

trade environment for Canadian 

workers and businesses. 

The renewed agreement 

goes a step further 

than NAFTA by reaching an 

understanding in key areas 

such as rules of origin for 

automotive manufacturing, 

agriculture, labour, intellectual 

property rights, culture, 

and dispute settlement. By 

maintaining a constructive 

approach through the negotiations, 

Canada ensured 

that the agreement which 

affects a variety of sectors, 

defends Canada’s interests 

and upholds Canadian values. 

Ms. Kamal Khera, the 

Member of Parliament for 

Brampton West believes 

the Unites States-Mexico- 

Canada Agreement is 

good for Canada and 

will help create good, 

well-paying, middle 

class jobs, strengthen 

economic ties, 

and expand Canada’s 

trade in North America. 

“The United States- 

Mexico-Canada Agreement 

(USMCA) is a progressive 

and inclusive trade agreement 

which will give our 

businesses, workers and 

communities across industries 

a secure and stable 

environment, resulting in a 

strengthened middle class. 

This agreement will create 

good, well-paying jobs and 

new opportunities for Canadians.”

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November 02, 2018 | Toronto 

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Trudeau defends Statistics Canada move to 

collect banking info of 500,000 Canadians 

brampton : Prime 

Minister Justin Trudeau 

is defending a decision by 

Statistics Canada to compel 

banks and financial 

institutions to release the 

personal transaction data 

of 500,000 people without 

their consent. 

Conservative House 

Leader Candice Bergen 

grilled Trudeau during 

question period Monday 

following a report by 

Global News that revealed 

Statistics Canada is asking 

the country’s nine largest 

banks for the transaction 

data of 500,000 randomly 

chosen Canadians, including 

everything from bill 

payments to cash withdrawals 

from ATMs to 

credit card payments and 

even account balances. 

StatCan has said it has 

the legal authority to do so 

— even without informing 

Canadians or getting their 

consent — in order to build 

a personal information 

data bank to analyze things 

like consumer trends and 

spending habits. 

“With a long history 

of government privacy 

breaches, Canadians are 

rightly worried,” Bergen 

said. “Why are the Liberals 

collecting the personal 

data of Canadians without 

telling them?” 

Trudeau said his government 

would ensure 

that all personal information 

would be protected 

and the anonymized data 

will be used for statistical 

purposes only. 

“High quality and 

timely data are critical to 

ensuring that government 

programs remain relevant 

and effective for Canadians,” 

the prime minister 

said. 

Bergen called on 

Trudeau to “immediately 

assure Canadians that this 

intrusion into their lives 

will be stopped.” 

“It was the Conservative 

government who 

chose to stop the long-form 

Premier Doug Ford 

Honours Canadian Heroes 

Office of the Premier 

TORONTO : Today, Premier Doug Ford 

announced the launch of this year's Remembrance 

Day campaign, honouring members 

of the Canadian Armed Forces, past and 

present, for their service during times of 

war, conflict and peace. The campaign includes 

a video honouring the heroism of the 

Canadian Armed Forces. 

"Most of us will never know the horrors 

of war or understand the sacrifices our Canadian 

Armed Forces made, and continue 

making, to protect this country and keep us 

safe," said Ford. "These men and women are 

true heroes and many of them walk among 

us today." 

The Premier highlighted the service, sacrifice 

and legacy of members of the Canadian 

City seeks public 

opinion about 

cannabis retail stores 

BRAMPTON, ON – The City of Brampton is asking 

its residents for their opinion on whether or not cannabis 

retail stores should be allowed to operate in 

Brampton. A telephone survey and an online public 

poll about cannabis retail stores will seek input from 

the public to help inform the new City Council. 

Highlights 

• The City has engaged a third party firm, Environics, 

to conduct a telephone survey among a total 

sample size of 800 Brampton residents representing 

different demographics. The telephone survey will 

begin later this week. 

• To complement the telephone survey, an online 

poll is now available on the City’s website. The poll 

closes at 11:59 pm on November 9, 2018. 

• Results of both the telephone survey and online 

poll will form one of many components of a staff report, 

to be presented to City Council on December 

5, 2018, to help Council make an informed decision. 

For more details about cannabis, including about 

retail stores, read the FAQs on www.brampton.ca. 

Armed Forces, right up to the present day. 

"To serve your country in a time of war is 

to take great risks on your country's behalf. 

Our Remembrance Day campaign focuses on 

the heroism of the Canadian Armed Forces. 

Whether they served in the First World War, 

the Second World War, the Korean War, the 

war in Afghanistan or any other conflict, 

the men and women of the Canadian Armed 

Forces represent the very best of our country, 

our people and our values. We remember 

not only their service and sacrifice, but 

also their valour and accomplishments. We 

owe them so much." 

He added, "I encourage you to join your 

local community on November 11 to show 

your respect and gratitude. Lest we forget." 

census,” Trudeau shot 

back. “What that led to was 

more policy based on ideology 

and less policy based 

on evidence like we are 

doing now. Their attacks 

on data and information 

continue.” 

The uproar over the 

Statistics Canada initiative 

has renewed debate 

over how personal information 

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Toxic Air Returns 

Fighting pollution must be a year-round 

exercise, not a winter ritual 

With the national capital region reverting 

to ‘gas chamber’ conditions again – Delhi’s air 

hit severe levels for the first time this season – 

it’s clear that government hasn’t done enough 

to avert the winter disaster. Poor air quality in 

north Indian cities has become an annual affair, 

exposing people to a range of health hazards. 

According to a recent WHO study, over a 

lakh children under five lost their lives in 2016 

because of India’s air pollution. This is clearly 

a health emergency bigger than anything else 

and cannot be tackled in a lackadaisical manner. 

True, there is now a Graded Response Action 

Plan for Delhi and NCR to mitigate pollution 

as and when air quality levels plummet. 

But this still does not address the root causes 

of pollution that need to be tackled round the 

year. First and foremost, a solution must be 

found for the stubble burning problem in Punjab, 

Haryana and western UP. Despite a ban, 

farmers in these states continue to burn stubble 

as they claim they don’t have any inexpensive 

alternatives. Government needs to rework 

its policies to ensure zero stubble burning from 

here on. 

Similarly, cracking down on burning of garbage 

and regular vacuum cleaning of roads in 

cities will go a long way in improving air quality. 

As will doing away with the bias towards 

diesel as a fuel for vehicles. Diesel is more 

prone to adulteration and is a dirtier fuel than 

its alternatives. Additionally, pollution checks 

and junking of old vehicles must become stringent. 

Boosting public transport ought to be a 

goal that is pursued relentlessly. The Supreme 

Court had set a deadline of December 31 to increase 

Delhi’s fleet of buses to 10,000. However, 

typical administrative issues have delayed procurement, 

making it unlikely the target will be 

met. 

Thus, it’s clear that the common theme here 

is lack of implementation of policies. Environmental 

authority chief Bhure Lal’s threat to 

stop private cars plying in Delhi shows authorities 

are clutching at straws. Private vehicles 

are typically better maintained than commercial 

vehicles, shifting traffic to the latter will 

likely worsen air pollution. The administrative 

culture of apathy and kneejerk responses 

must change. It’s also important to increase the 

number of air monitoring stations and relay 

real-time air quality information to the public. 

Fine-grained information will foster innovation, 

enhance public awareness and enable 

people to protect themselves. TNN 

Is America’s Decade Peaking? 

Excesses that could end an era of American 

economic dominance are coming into view 

Ruchir Sharma 

Whatever one thinks 

of President Trump, it’s 

hard to deny that much of 

America is feeling great 

again. 

Surveys show that 

consumers have been this 

confident only twice before, 

at the height of the 

economic booms of the 

1960s and 1990s, and their 

mood is bright across 

income groups, not just 

among the rich. Small 

business confidence has 

not been higher since 

the surveys began nearly 

five decades ago. The 

misery index, invented 

in the 1970s to describe 

the agonising combination 

of inflation and unemployment, 

is now just 

6%, matching the lowest 

levels of the last half century. 

Among major economies, 

only the United 

States has accelerated significantly 

in 2018, while 

Europe, Japan and many 

emerging economies have 

slowed markedly. The 

economy grew at a very 

strong pace of 3.5% in the 

third quarter, putting it 

on track for its best year 

in more than a decade. 

This raises a question: 

Why has the stock market, 

which normally rises 

when investors anticipate 

strong economic growth, 

been gyrating wildly? 

Investors may now 

be expecting America to 

peak after a hot decade. 

Even with recent setbacks, 

the performance 

gap between the US stock 

market and other global 

markets is close to a 100- 

year high. Money flowing 

into the United States has 

also driven up the value 

of the dollar, which has 

never been more dominant 

as the world’s preferred 

currency. 

Trump doubters say 

that this boom began before 

he took office, in the 

aftermath of the global 

financial crisis of 2008, 

and they have a point. 

With its flexible economic 

system, the United States 

responded faster than its 

peers to the debt problems 

exposed by the crisis. 

It forced households 

and troubled financial 

institutions to rapidly reduce 

their debt, and easy 

money provided by the 

Federal Reserve allowed 

them to start spending 

again. Money flowed into 

the giant tech companies 

that have underpinned 

the American economic 

surge. 

Just as the 1980s belonged 

to Japan and the 

2000s to emerging nations, 

the last decade belonged 

to America. Still, 

the gap in performance 

between America and the 

rest of the world has widened 

in the last two years 

under Trump, as his tax 

cuts and deregulation turbocharged 

the American 

economy and its markets. 

His policies have spurred 

consumption, and have 

incentivised companies 

to buy back more of their 

stock and bring home 

some of the money they 

had stashed overseas. 

But economies that 

are hot in one decade 

rarely stay hot in the 

next. Every boom eventually 

creates excesses 

that sow the seeds of its 

own destruction, and the 

excesses that could end 

the American decade are 

coming into view. 

The US economy has 

been expanding for nine 

years in a row and if this 

streak continues through 

August it will be the longest 

economic expansion 

on record. Within a few 

years after the crisis of 

2008, American companies 

had started running 

up debts again. It’s not unusual 

for companies to get 

overconfident and become 

saddled with heavy debts 

late in an expansion. But 

it is unusual to see the 

government follow suit, 

as it has this time. Owing 

in part to the Trump 

tax cuts, the United States 

budget deficit is now 

around 4% of gross domestic 

product – the highest 

it has been outside the 

immediate aftermath of a 

recession or a war. 

That will make it 

hard for the government 

to keep stimulating the 

economy. Growth is expected 

to slow next year 

as the impact of the tax 

cuts fades and the strong 

dollar cuts into exports. 

The Fed has been raising 

rates, and the end of the 

long easy money party is 

starting to have an impact 

on the housing and stock 

markets. 

The US stock market 

is still so swollen it seems 

unlikely to keep expanding 

from here. The stock 

market is now 60% larger 

than the American economy, 

a scale it has reached 

only twice in the past 

century, during the manias 

of the 1920s and late 

1990s. Moreover, the giant 

tech companies that have 

been driving the economy 

and markets now face a 

regulatory backlash that 

could cut into their extraordinarily 

high profit 

margins. Trump haters 

may be tempted to conclude 

from all this that he 

is about to lead America 

into a sudden decline, but 

that is not the point. This 

American decade started 

under President Obama, 

continued under President 

Trump and survived 

congressional gridlock 

throughout, showing 

that the economy often 

rises above politics. The 

economy is driven less by 

ideology than by its own 

internal cycles, and this 

cycle has been turning in 

America’s favour for so 

long that it is unlikely to 

last much longer. 

While the excesses of 

corporate exuberance and 

government debt are rising 

in the United States, 

countries from France to 

Brazil are in the cleanup 

phase that often precedes 

an economic comeback. 

Most are still working out 

the excesses of the last decade, 

and they may suffer 

further setbacks. But they 

are approaching the start 

of a new cycle, while the 

United States nears the 

end of an old one. If history 

is any guide, the next 

decade is less likely to be 

great for America than it 

is for the rest of the world. 

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07 

World’s tallest statue unveiled in India 


Nehru’s great-grandson, Rahul 

Gandhi, leads the Congress Party, 

and if a unified opposition wins a 

majority of seats in parliamentary 

elections due next spring, he could 

be a candidate for India’s next 

prime minister. 

The Patel statue “puts the opposition 

in a quandary because 

any criticism of Modi’s showmanship 

will enable him to depict critics 

as being legatees of those who 

denied Patel his rightful place 

in the nation and history,” said 

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a Delhibased 

political analyst and author 

of the book “Modi: The Man, The 

Times.” 

“In the process, not only will 

the Statue of Unity literally dwarf 

statues of all other Indians leaders, 

but the event will also enable the 

memory of Sardar to rise imposingly 

over Congress Party leaders,” 

Mukhopadhyay said. 

At 182 metres (597 feet), Patel’s 

bronze figure in Kevadiya, a village 

in Gujarat, is one of the tallest 

statues in the world — almost 10 

stories higher than the 153-meter 

(501-foot) Spring Temple Buddha 

statue in China and nearly twice 

the height of the Statue of Liberty, 

which stands at 93 metres (305 

feet). The 42-month project built 

by 250 engineers and 3,000 workers 

began in 2013, when Modi was 

the top elected official in Gujarat. 

After he became prime minister 

in 2014, he pledged to complete it 

despite some critics balking at the 

nearly $403 million (U.S.) price 

tag, which they said could be better 

spent on welfare programs for 

India’s poor. 

Standing on the banks of the 

Narmada River on Wednesday as 

Indian Air Force pilots dropped 

flower petals on Patel’s imposing 

figure, Modi said the statue would 

serve as a beacon of hope for India 

and “keep on reminding the whole 

world” about Patel’s courage. 

The monument will have a 

museum with 40,000 documents, 

2,000 photographs and a research 

centre dedicated to Patel’s life and 

work. “Though Patel was from Gujarat 

state, all Indians were proud 

of him because of his stature,” 

said Rashesh Patel, a 42-year-old 

businessman among the crowd 

gathered for the inauguration 

ceremony. The Patel statue could, 

however, soon be topped by the 

212-meter (696-foot) Chhatrapati 

Shivaji Maharaj Memorial commemorating 

a 17th-century Indian 

warrior king, which is set to open 

in Mumbai in 2021. 

Russia imposes sanctions on 322 

Ukrainian individuals, 68 entities 

IANS 

Moscow : Russian 

Prime Minister Dmitry 

Medvedev signed a decree 

on Thursday introducing 

special economic 

measures against 322 

Ukrainian citizens and 

68 companies amid a prolonged 

row between Moscow 

and Kiev. 

The sanctions, ordered 

by Russian President 

Vladimir Putin in 

October, included freezing 

non-cash funds, nondocumentary 

securities 

and property in Russia 

and banning transfer of 

funds (withdrawal of capital) 

outside Russia, Tass 

news agency reported. 

The sanctions targeted 

Ukrainian President 

Petro Poroshenko's elder 

son Alexei, Ukrainian 

Internal Affairs Minister 

Arsen Avakov, Parliament 

Speaker Andriy 

Parubiy and Defence 

Minister Stepan Poltorak 

among other key ministers 

and important businessmen. 

The blacklist also included 

EastOne Group 

and Toledo Mining Corporation 

registered in 

Britain and Ferrexpo registered 

in Switzerland. 

"The decree is aimed 

at countering unfriendly 

actions against Russian 

citizens and legal entities 

on the part of Ukraine 

and at lifting restrictions 

imposed earlier by the 

Ukrainian side on these 

persons, as well as normalizing 

bilateral relations," 

said a government 

statement. 

The Russian government 

said it could lift the 

sanctions if Ukraine cancels 

its own restrictive 

measures against Russia. 

Relations between 

Kiev and Moscow have 

deteriorated since early 

2014 over Crimea and 

armed conflicts in eastern 

Ukraine. Kiev has 

imposed a series of sanctions 

against Russia 

since then. 

US withdraws duty-free concession 

on import of 50 Indian products 

IANS 

Washington : The US 

on Thursday withdrew 

duty-free concessions 

on import of around 50 

Indian products, mostly 

from the agriculture and 

handloom sectors, in line 

with the protectionist 

approach to trade put in 

place by President Donald 

Trump. The Indian 

products, among 90 items 

originating from various 

countries that had 

duty-free access in America 

under its Generalized 

System of Preferences 

(GSP), were removed 

from the GSP list effective 

November 1 by a US 

Presidential proclamation 

earlier this week. 

Citing the US Trade 

Act of 1974, the proclamation 

said "the President 

may withdraw, suspend 

or limit application of the 

duty free treatment that 

is accorded to specified 

articles under the GSP 

when imported from designated 

beneficiary developing 

countries." 

"I have determined to 

withdraw the application 

of the duty-free treatment 

accorded to a certain article," 

the Trump proclamation 

said. 

The GSP is designed 

to promote economic development 

by allowing 

duty-free entry for products 

from designated beneficiary 

countries. 

India has been the 

largest beneficiary of 

the GSP and last year 

its duty-free exports to 

the US under their trade 

preference programme 

amounted to over $5.5 billion. 

The export of these 

products to the US will 

henceforth be subject to 

regular tariffs. 

Indian products removed 

from the GSP 

include areca nuts, mangoes 

processed by vinegar 

or acetic acid, sandstone 

cut in slabs, whole 

buffalo skin leather, 

plain weave handloom 

cotton fabrics containing 

over 85 per cotton by 

weight, handloom carpets 

and textile floor coverings. 

Products from other 

countries like Argentina, 

Brazil, Thailand, Pakistan, 

Turkey, the Philippines 

and Indonesia have 

also been removed from 

the GSP list. 

Chile to join China's Belt 

and Road Initiative 

IANS 

Beijing : Chile is set 

to join China's mammoth 

global investment 

programme, the Belt and 

Road Initiative (BRI), the 

Chilean Foreign Minister 

announced during a business 

forum here on Thursday. 

Roberto Ampuero said 

Chile will sign a memorandum 

of understanding 

on Friday with the Chinese 

government to advance 

and develop the BRI 

in the context of bilateral 

relations. 

"It is a very important 

decision, also much 

anticipated by China, 

which was taken by (Chilean) 

President Sebastian 

Pinera," Ampuero told Efe 

news during the inauguration 

of a "Chilean Week" in 

China. 

The minister said that 

the BRI was an additional 

element to strengthen 

comprehensive bilateral 

relations, which opens 

tremendous prospects of 

cooperation, especially in 

infrastructure. 

Ampuero dismissed 

the doubts expressed by 

some countries about 

joining the BRI -- due to 

the fear of their interests 

being dependent on 

Beijing -- by saying that 

Chile thoroughly analyzes 

agreements and only 

signed when it was convinced 

that the pact was in 

the country's interests. 

He added that China 

was Chile's main trade ally 

and said that Santiago was 

interested in strengthening 

these ties in different 

spheres. 

"One of the areas 

where we agree with China 

is defending multilateralism 

and free, open and 

transparent markets," the 

minister said, adding that 

the BRI will help them 

work at a better rhythm 

and within a broader conceptual 

framework. 

Chile's annual trade 

with China is worth 

nearly $35 billion, which 

amounts to around 26-27 

per cent of Chile's total foreign 

trade. 

Trade between the two 

countries has grown 37 

per cent this year.

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Arvind Kejriwal Blames Punjab For Higher 

Delhi Pollution Since October 25 

New Delhi: Accusing 

the Punjab government 

for failing to control stubble 

burning of the harvested 

paddy crop, Delhi 

Chief Minister Arvind 

Kejriwal said on Thursday 

that the pollution 

level had deteriorated in 

the national capital after 

October 25. 

"We have seen abnormal 

increase in pollution 

level after October 25. 

This is nothing else but 

due to stubble burning 

in Punjab," CM Kejriwal 

told the media in New 

Delhi. 

CM Kejriwal, who 

showed satellite images 

of stubble burning in 

Punjab, said the incidents 

of stubble burning 

were more in Punjab this 

year than in Haryana. 

"The images show 

stubble burning in Bathinda, 

Amritsar and other 

districts in Punjab. In 

Haryana, this is limited 

to north Haryana in the 

areas around Ambala 

district." 

He said the government 

and pollution control 

authorities in Punjab 

need to take the menace 

of stubble burning more 

seriously to find a lasting 

solution to the annual 

problem that was causing 

severe air pollution 

in Delhi. 

"Neither vehicular 

pollution has increased 

in Delhi after October 25 

nor more industries have 

been set up and neither 

there has been a dust 

build up. The air quality 

has deteriorated due to 

stubble burning in Punjab," 

he said. 

He said Haryana 

Chief Minister Manohar 

Lal Khattar had earlier 

assured him of lesser 

stubble burning in Haryana 

this year and the 

satellite images showed 

that stubble burning was 

indeed less in that state 

this time. 

"I met Union Environment 

Minister Harsh 

Vardhan a few months 

back to discuss this 

problem. He assured me 

that the problem will be 

curbed as 'Happy Seeder' 

machines will be provided 

to panchayats to get 

rid of the crop residue. 

However, nothing has 

happened," he pointed 

out. 

Agrarian states Punjab 

and Haryana are 

expecting bumper procurement 

of over 250 

lakh tonnes of paddy this 

Kharif season. 

CM Kejriwal, when 

asked about the infighting 

in the Punjab unit 

of the Aam Aadmi Party 

(AAP), said this was an 

internal matter of the 

party and would be resolved 

soon. 

Asked about the issues 

raised by ousted 

leader of opposition and 

senior AAP legislator 

Sukhpal Singh Khaira, 

CM Kejriwal said that 

the outcome of the action 

against Mr Khaira would 

be known soon. 

The Delhi Chief Minister 

urged the people of 

Haryana to vote for the 

AAP in Assembly elections. 

"People have tried 

successive governments 

of the Congress, Indian 

National Lok Dal (INLD) 

and Bharatiya Janata 

Party (BJP). THey have 

all failed to deliver on 

development. Schools, 

roads, hospitals and other 

infrastructure are in a 

bad shape. The Congress, 

INLD and BJP have ruled 

Haryana for 52 years. 

Nothing has changed on 

the ground," he said. 

"We have brought 

revolutionary changes 

in Delhi in three years. It 

is being discussed at the 

global level. 

I have travelled in recent 

days to villages in 

Haryana. We have been 

to schools. They are in 

dilapidated condition," 

he said. 

Businesses and communities across Canada 

to benefit from increased immigration 


Minister Hussen highlighted 

the importance of 

economic immigration in 

spurring innovation domestically. 

That’s why the 

government’s immigration 

plan remains focused 

on attracting the best and 

brightest from around the 

world with the majority of 

the increase in 2021 allotted 

to high-skilled economic 

immigration. Newcomers 

are helping Canadian 

companies succeed and 

grow in the expanding information 

and communications 

technology sector, 

where one third of employees 

are immigrants. 

Canada has welcomed 

generations of immigrants 

who have brought their 

talents to, and are an integral 

part of, local communities 

across the country. 

Immigration is a central 

pillar of Canada’s future 

economic success. In addition 

to spurring economic 

growth, immigration helps 

address the challenges our 

country faces with an ageing 

population, and plays a 

crucial role in keeping our 

country at the forefront of 

the global economy.



09 

I Will quit if proven 

guilty: Charanjit Channi 

Chandigarh : Facing 

heat in the #MeToo storm 

for sending an inappropriate 

message to a woman IAS officer, 

Punjab Technical Education 

Minister Charanjit 

Channi offered to give up his 

ministerial berth and resign 

as an MLA, if he was proved 

wrong on the issue. 

“The Chief Minister is 

well within his rights to take 

action against me if I am 

wrong. Respect of the people 

matters a lot to me, not the 

positions,” minister told The 

Tribune on returning from 

his official trip to Belarus. 

Amidst the Opposition 

SAD gunning for him, the 

minister in an interview 

said political colour had 

been given to the issue. He 

targeted SAD chief Sukhbir 

Singh Badal for unnecessarily 

blowing up the issue out 

Minister playing 

Dalit card: SAD 

The SAD on Tuesday 

accused Channi of using 

the Dalit card to absolve 

himself of the involvement 

in the harassment case. 

Senior SAD leaders Gulzal 

Singh Ranike, Sohan Singh 

Thandal and Pawan kumar 

Tinu said Channi had 

brought a bad name to the 

illustrious history of Dalits 

in protecting and respecting 

women. Demanding dismissal 

of Channi, the SAD leaders 

sought the registration of a 

case against him. 

of proportion as he had been 

taking up the cause of Dalits 

and had been speaking for 

action against those behind 

the sacrilege incidents. He 

said the Chief Minister had 

already assured all his colleagues 

for taking necessary 

action against the guilty. 

Claming that one message 

was unintentionally forwarded 

and he had already 

apologised to the woman officer 

after it was brought to 

his notice by the Chief Minister. 

“The message was neither 

vulgar nor bad. Except 

for calling up the officer once 

or twice for official work, 

I have never called or approached 

her. A lot of wrong 

conjectures and incorrect 

facts are being added to the 

issue. The Chief Minister 

was aware of it and had advised 

me to be careful in future. 

He has already issued a 

statement,” he said. 

“First of all, there is no 

complaint as the issue has 

been resolved. The issue is 

being raked up repeatedly 

for reasons best known to 

the vested interests. I will 

meet the Chief Minister once 

he is back from his foreign 

trip,” he said. 

He denied having met 

party president Rahul Gandhi 

and top party leadership 

in Delhi before leaving for 

Chandigarh. Sources said 

Rahul Gandhi was busy 

with the Rajasthan elections. 

“Though the Chief 

Minister is aware of the issue, 

I will again meet him,” 

said Channi. 

‘Give Pricing Details of Rafale 

Deal in 10 Days,’ SC Tells Centre 

New Delhi : A few hours after the Supreme Court asked 

the Centre to put forth the pricing details of the 36 Rafale 

fighter jets India is buying from France, in a sealed cover 

within 10 days, while agreeing that "strategic and confidential" 

information need not be disclosed, a top government 

official told The Times of India that the the Centre had no 

intention of doing so. 

Speaking to the newspaper, the official reportedly said 

that the Centre was following the Court’s instructions, 

where the latter had told Attorney 

General KK Venugopal that if the 

Centre couldn’t share the “exclusive 

details” of the price with the 

court, then it should file an affidavit 

saying so. 

The Centre, thus, would in all 

probability file an affidavit to this regard, on the premise of 

need for “utmost secrecy about weaponry and fitments of the 

fully loaded fighters”, the source added. 

In an order given earlier on Wednesday, 31 October, a 

three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi 

gave some more leeway to the government, which has been 

arguing that the pricing details are so sensitive that they 

have not even been shared with Parliament. 

The court has ordered that the Centre must bring the 

details of the decision-making process of the deal into the 

public domain, except those that are confidential and have 

strategic importance. The bench said the information must 

be shared by the government within 10 days and the petitioners 

could respond in the next seven days. It posted the matter 

for its next hearing on 14 November. 

Dissidence in AAP's 

Punjab unit an internal 

matter: Kejriwal 

Chandigarh: Aam Admi Party convenor Arvind 

Kejriwal Thursday played down the dissidence led by the 

party MLA Sukhpal Khaira in its Punjab unit, terming it 

as the "party's internal matter". 

The AAP's MLA from Bholath, Khaira is leading a 

group of eight dissident legislators who revolted against 

the party after he was removed from the post of the leader 

of opposition in Punjab assembly in July. 

As I have said it is the 

party's internal matter. 

Whatever action needs 

to be taken will be taken 

at the appropriate time 

by the party, said Delhi 

Chief Minister Kejriwal, 

when asked about the festering 

feud in the party 

and the action to be taken 

against Khaira. 

"The AAP is like a family and in every family, there 

could be some differences. Whatever internal differences 

we have within Punjab unit, will be sorted out, said Kejriwal. 

On repeated queries by reporters on feud, Kejriwal 

retorted, "My politics is not Sukhpal Khaira." 

"My politics is towards the people of this country. My 

politics is for a corruption-free India. My politics is for 

providing good education, setting up hospitals, he said. 

The AAP's discussion with the Khaira-led group of 

MLAs have not shown any positive result as yet with the 

dissident MLAs demanding removal of the new office 

bearers in the party's state unit. 

On being told that Khaira has been regularly challenging 

his leadership, Kejriwal said, "Let him do so. How 

does it matter? 

Asked about the MLA's reported statement in media 

that he did not want to take name of the Delhi CM, Kejriwal 

said, "I also want that he should not take my name. 

Khaira group has also been demanding that the unity 

talks should be based on resolutions including one on autonomy 

of party's Punjab unit, adopted by the rebels during 

volunteers' convention in Bathinda in August.



1987 HASHIMPURA MASSACRE: 16 

former cops get life imprisonment 

Agencies 

New Delhi: Over three 

decades after the Hashimpura 

massacre in Uttar 

Pradesh in which 38 Muslims 

were shot dead in 

cold blood, the Delhi High 

Court Wednesday sentenced 

16 former policemen 

to life imprisonment, 

holding it was a "targeted 

killing" of "unarmed, innocent 

and defenceless" 

persons. 

Reversing an order of 

the trial court in 2015 that 

acquitted the 16 personnel, 

who were with the 

Provincial Armed Constabulary 

(PAC), a bench 

of Justices S Muralidhar 

and Vinod Goel termed 

the case as an instance of 

custodial killing where 

the legal system was unable 

to effectively prosecute 

the perpetrators 

of gross human rights 

abuses. 

The High Court was 

hearing pleas challenging 

the trial court decision. 

"The present case 

is yet another instance of 

custodial killing where 

the legal system has been 

unable to effectively prosecute 

the perpetrators of 

gross human rights abuses," 

the court said. 

"The prolongation of 

the trial for over two decades, 

compounded by 

the endemic systemic delays, 

have frustrated the 

attempts at securing effective 

justice for the victims." 

The High Court held 

that this amounted to targeted 

killings by an armed 

force "of the unarmed, innocent 

and defenceless 

members of a particular 

community" and called it 

a disturbing aspect of the 

case. 

There were originally 

19 accused but three died 

during the prolonged 

trial. All the 16 from the 

PAC are now retired. The 

High Court directed the 

convicts to surrender on 

or before November 22. If 

they failed, then the concerned 

Station House Officer 

(SHO) were ordered 

to take them into custody. 

Vibhuti Narain Rai, 

the then Superintendent 

of Police in Ghaziabad 

who registered the first 

FIR in the case on the 

night of May 22-23, 1987, 

told IANS: "This was the 

first and biggest custodial 

massacre in independent 

India. 

"There was a similar 

carnage in Nellie (Assam) 

but that was not in police 

custody unlike this." The 

Hashimpura victims, all 

Muslims, were picked 

up from the Hashimpura 

neighbourhood by 

the 41st Battalion of the 

PAC during a search operation, 

taken away in 

trucks, lined up and shot 

dead in cold blood. The 

bodies were dumped in a 

canal. 

The men shot at were 

said to be 42 but four of 

them escaped by pretending 

to be dead. The charge 

sheet was filed before the 

Chief Judicial Magistrate 

in Ghaziabad in 1996. 

The case was transferred 

to Delhi in September 

2002 on the Supreme 

Court's orders following 

a petition by the families 

of the victims and the survivors. 

A sessions court 

here in July 2006 framed 

charges of murder, attempt 

to murder, tampering 

with evidence and 

conspiracy against all the 

accused. 

The Delhi High Court 

said: "...the relatives of 

the victims who died as 

a result of the brutal and 

bone-chilling action of 

the PAC remained in the 

dark about not only the 

fate of the victims themselves 

but also about the 

steps taken to investigate 

the case and unearth the 

truth. 

"Indeed, their 31 years 

of waiting for justice may 

have eroded their faith 

in the state machinery." 

This case involves the 

killing of around 38 innocent 

persons in cold blood 

by members of an armed 

force, the PAC. The gravity 

of the crime is obvious. 

"We are conscious that 

for the families of those 

killed, this (punishment) 

is perhaps too little, too 

late," the court said, adding 

that they were reversing 

the acquittal by the 

trial court of the accused. 

Observing that compensation 

they have received 

cannot make up 

for the lives lost, the court 

recommended state legal 

services authority to address 

the needs of the victim 

families in the case of 

custodial killings or state 

excesses. The killings 

took place amid communal 

riots in Meerut. 

Former police officer 

Rai, who later brought 

out an investigative book 

on the massacre, recalled 

that it was one and a half 

hours after the killings 

that they got to know 

about the mass killings 

by the PAC. 

"We could rescue one 

person, Babudin. It was 

on his description of the 

massacre that we registered 

the FIR." 

He said the Muslim 

youngsters were randomly 

picked up from 

the Hashimpura locality, 

taken through Ghaziabad 

and thrown into water 

canals after being indiscriminately 

shot at. 

"It was a chilling, 

shocking massacre. Before 

I could launch my 

investigation, the case 

was handed over to the 

Crime Branch of the 

CID," said Rai, who retired 

as Director General 

of the Uttar Pradesh Police 

(Vigilance) and later 

served as Vice Chancellor 

of the Mahatma Gandhi 

Hindi Vishwavidyalaya 

at Wardha. 

Agencies 

Chandigarh: The Punjab 

Police on Thursday 

said it has busted a Pakistan-sponsored 

terrorist 

module, Khalistan Gadar 

Force, with the arrest of 

one of its members. 

"Cracking down on the 

violence, arson and terror 

unleashed by the Sikhs for 

Justice (SFJ) under the 

guise of Sikh Referendum 

2020, the Punjab Police on 

Thursday busted the Pakistan-sponsored 

terror module 

with the arrest of one 

Shabnamdeep Singh from 

Patiala," Director General 

of Police (DGP) Suresh 

Arora said here. 

"Shabnamdeep was 

planning to attack police 

stations/ posts and crowded 

places in the ongoing 

festival season. A pistol, 

hand grenade, CT-100 Bajaj 

Platinum black motorcycle 

and letter pads belonging to 

Khalistan Gadar Force and 

other banned terrorist organisations 

have been recovered 

from him," Arora 

said. "With this arrest, the 

Punjab Police has blown 

up Pakistan ISI (Inter Services 

Intelligence)'s nexus 

with Gurpatwant Singh 

Pannu's campaign for Sikh 

Referendum-2020, and the 

conspiracy hatched by 

ISI-backed SFJ to spread 

mayhem in Punjab and 

other parts of India," the 

DGP said, giving details of 

the arrest. He said the arrest 

of Shabnamdeep has 

shown that the New-York 

based SFJ continues to 

spearhead and promote 

the Sikh Referendum 2020 

campaign through violence 

and arson. 

"The organisation is patently 

preying on the poor, 

illiterate and devout Sikh 

youth from the Punjab 

countryside and radicalising 

them. The youth are being 

exploited by SFJ, which 

is using their poverty as 

cannon fodder to unleash 

violence and promote secessionist 

acts in the state," 

the DGP said, appealing to 

Punjab's youth not to fall 

into the trap of such antinational 

and secessionist 

forces out to destroy their 

lives by pushing them into 

violence and arson. 

"Shabnamdeep's arrest, 

and that of his associates 

found to be working for 

SFJ leaders, has also once 

again exposed the claims 

of Gurpatwant Singh Pannu 

that their campaign 

for self-determination did 

not have any room for violence, 

and that SFJ and its 

leaders were not funding 

any terrorist activity in 

Punjab," he added. 

On May 31, the Punjab 

Police in Batala had arrested 

two radical operatives, 

Dharminder Singh (a Territorial 

Army soldier) and 

Kirpal Singh, who had set 

two liquor vends on fire in 

Harpura Dhandoi and Panjgrian 

villages in Sri Hargobindpur 

block of Batala 

police district. 

Arora said that Shabnamdeep 

Singh hailed 

from Daftari Wala Burar 

village in Samana in Patiala 

district. He was out on 

bail in a petty crime case in 

Rajasthan. 

"Shabnamdeep was 

operating a Facebook account 

under the fake name 

of 'Lahoria Jatt Gill' with 

a profile picture of Jarnail 

Singh Bhindrawale," Arora 

said. "Investigations so 

far have revealed that in 

July, he was contacted by 

one Javed Khan Wazir, a 

suspected Pakistan Intelligence 

Officer (PIO), from 

Pakistan, and was introduced 

to a Pakistani Sikh 

'Gopal Singh Chawla'. He 

was further introduced to 

two other persons, who told 

Shabnamdeep that they 

were also supporters of SFJ 

and asked him to join more 

associates and propagate 

Sikh Referendum-2020 in 

Punjab Police busts Pak-backed terror module 

a big way," the DGP said. 

Preliminary investigations 

by the police have revealed 

that Shabnamdeep was 

further introduced to one 

Nihal Singh who identified 

himself as a hardcore SFJ 

operative. 

"Nihal and the PIOs 

started communicating 

regularly with Shabnamdeep, 

and kept inciting 

him to indulge in arson 

involving liquor vends. 

They asked Shabnamdeep 

to videograph such acts 

of arson and share videos 

along with details of news 

reports relating to these incidents," 

he said. 

Acting on these directives, 

Shamandeep and his 

associate set on fire several 

liquor vends and shacks, 

along with a house, last 

month and sent the videos 

to the three. Shabnamdeep 

purchased one CT-100 Bajaj 

Platinum Motorcycle and a 

new mobile phone with the 

funds transferred to him 

by Nihal, police investigations 

revealed. 

Shabnamdeep was also 

in touch with one Sukhraj 

Singh, who was indulging 

in violent activities and 

was arrested by the Amritsar 

police recently. 

The police said Shabnamdeep 

and his handlers 

created a Facebook page 

in the name of "Khalistan 

Gadar Force" to popularise 

the newly-formed terrorist 

outfit and propagate its actions. 

"Javed Khan tasked 

Shabnamdeep to carry out 

targeted killings and also 

promised him Rs 10 lakh 

for each such act," the DGP 

stated. 

"In the second week 

of October, Shabnamdeep 

was tasked by his handlers/ 

mentors based in 

Pakistan to procure a new 

phone and install a new 

messaging application for 

further communication. 

The handlers promised to 

provide him pistols and 

grenades. 

Around October 24, the 

pistol and grenade were 

delivered to Shabnamdeep. 

He was advised to use this 

grenade on some police stations/posts 

and crowded 

places during the ongoing 

festival session," the DGP 

claimed.

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Know why Sikhs celebrate Diwali 

as "Bandi Chhor Divas" 

Diwali, the festival of 

light, happiness and joy, is 

one of the major festivals 

of India. It is celebrated 

with great fervor and festivity 

across the country. 

Though India has a mixture 

of various culture and 

religions, almost every 

religion or culture has its 

own reason to celebrate 

this festival. 

But the common reason 

among all is that the 

day marks a time when 

"right" prevailed over 

"wrong". While the most 

famous and renowned reason 

to celebrate Diwali is 

the returning of Lord Ram 

along with Sita to Ayodhya 

after defeating Raavan. 

Sikhs have their own specific 

reason to celebrate 

Diwali. 

The Sikhs across the 

world celebrate this day as 

Bandi Chhor Diwas, a day 

on which Guru Hargobind 

Ji, the sixth Guru of Sikhs, 

returned to the holy city 

of Amritsar along with 

52 kings, after his release 

from the Gwalior Fort in 

October 1619. 

It was when Guru 

Hargobind Sahib Ji had 

constructed Sri Akal 

Takht Sahib at Amritsar 

that, Murtaja Khan, the 

then Nawab of Lahore, 

informed the Mughal Emperor 

Jahagir, and instigated 

the Emperor against 

Guru Hargobind Ji, by 

saying that the Guru was 

strenghtening his army, 

and was preparing to take 

revenge of the martyrdom 

of Guru Arjan Dev Ji from 

Jahangir. 

To this, Jahangir immediately 

sent Wazir 

Khan and Guncha Beg to 

Amritsar in order to arrest 

Guru Hargobind Sahib 

Ji. But Wazir Khan, 

who happened to be an admirer 

of Guru Hargobind, 

rather than arresting him, 

requested the Guru to accompany 

them to Delhi 

telling him that Emperor 

Jahangir wanted to meet 

him which was accepted 

by Guru Hargobind Ji. 

When Jahangir met 

Guru Hargobind Ji, he was 

totally mesmerized by his 

persona and charm. On 

asking the Guru, about 

which religion is better 

out of Islam and Hinduism, 

the Guru quoted some 

lines of Sant Kabir, which 

further impressed the Emperor, 

and he decided to be 

friends with the Guru. 

Jahangir was further 

enthralled by Guru Hargobind 

Ji when the Guru 

saved the life of the Emperor 

from a lion during 

hunting. The increasing 

closeness between Jahangir 

and Guru Hargobind 

Ji wasn't appreciated by 

Chandu Shah, a rich and 

influential banker, who 

was once refused in Jahangir's 

court, with very derogatory 

remarks. 

When Jahangir fell seriously 

ill in Agra, and the 

royal physicians failed to 

cure him, 

Chandu Shah conspired 

with the astrologers 

and told the Emperor that 

his sickness was due to 

a bad convergence of the 

stars which could only be 

cured if some holy man 

would go to Gwalior Fort 

and continuously offer 

prayers to the deity there. 

It was then that the 

Mughal Emperor requested 

the Guru to go to the 

Gwalior Fort which was 

accepted by Guru Hargobind 

Ji, and he went to 

fort with several companions. 

In the fort, Guru Hargobind 

came across many 

Hindu Princes who were 

detained there due to political 

reasons and whose 

living conditions in the 

fort were terrible. Guru 

Hargobind along with the 

help of the governor of the 

fort, Hari Dass, improved 

the living conditions of the 

political prisoners. Later 

the Princes also joined the 

Guru in his daily prayers. 

In the meantime Sai 

Mian Mir, travelled to the 

Emperor's Court to meet 

with Jahangir asking him 

to release the Guru. 

He had a cloak made 

with 52 corners or tails. So, 

as the Guru walked out of 

the gate of the fort the fiftytwo 

princes trailed behind, 

each holding on to his own 

tail of the Guru's special 

cloak. The Guru's cleverness 

had trumped Jahangir's 

clever condition 

and liberated the fifty-two 

princes. Guru Hargobind 

is therefore also known as 

Bandi-Chhor (Liberator). 

Guru Hargobind Singh 

Ji's return to the holy city 

of Amritsar was celebrated 

by his followers by lighting 

up the entire city. After 

almost four hundred years 

this tradition continues in 

Amritsar, and on this day 

the Harmandir Sahib is 

aglow with thousands of 

candles and floating lamps, 

strings of lights decorate 

the domes, and fireworks 

burst in the sky. 

5 Ways to make Diwali eco-friendly Celebrate Diwali safely: 

India is a land of festivals which 

weave into the religious and cultural 

mosaic of the country. One such 

festival is Diwali, which marks the 

victory of good over evil and commemorates 

the time when Lord 

Rama achieved victory over Ravana. 

Today, there is no greater evil 

than pollution which is disturbing 

the entire ecological balance of the 

country. 

The Air Quality Index (AQI) 

shows how air pollution levels take 

a leap from moderate to very poor 

levels during the night after Diwali, 

signalling even higher pollution 

levels, endangering the health of 

the public, owing to poor air quality. 

The 'Festival of Lights' also generates 

enormous amounts of noise, 

air and plastic pollution. 

While the government has been 

taking steps to reduce pollution during 

Diwali, we as citizens need to 

commit ourselves to ensure proper 

implementation during the festival. 

Let's commit ourselves to celebrate 

an eco-friendly Diwali. 

Below are five ways to celebrate 

a green Diwali this year: 

1. Natural colours for rangoli: 

Rangoli forms an intricate part of 

Diwali which not only adds to the 

festive fervour but signifies the 

importance of how colours can 

brighten up the Festival. However, 

the colour powder is usually made 

from structured polymers such as 

acid, mica, glass powder and alkalis. 

They are not degradable under 

natural conditions and cannot be 

removed from waste water by conventional 

waste water treatments. 

We should try to follow the 

natural colours which were mostly 

used by our elder generation. Colours 

can be used from rice powder, 

paste, coffee, tea, turmeric powder, 

flowers, leaves and so on. 

2. Say No to Crackers: As joyous 

it is for everyone to see the sky full 

of beautiful lights and patterns, it 

is equally hazardous. The Nitrous 

Oxide emitted from these crackers 

settles in the air and only disperses 

with strong winds. The adverse effects 

of burning crackers seem unending. 

Let's do an eco-friendly celebration 

with no crackers which are expected 

to reduce the pollution by 30- 

40 per cent. This will also reduce the 

chances of respiratory problems 

which usually witnesses a steep 

rise after Diwali. 

3. Compostable tableware: Family 

and friends gatherings form 

the very base for Diwali which is 

followed by an array of appetizing 

food and drinks. However, the 

scrumptious meals often turn hazardous 

when served in plastic/Styrofoam 

plates which are not only 

hazardous to the environment but 

also cancerous in nature. It is advisable 

to use biodegradable tableware 

which is backyard compostable and 

turn into manure for the soil. They 

are not only healthy for the environment 

but completely safe for 

consumption of food. 

4. Clay diyas: Instead of opting 

for plastic diyas or candles go for 

clay diyas which use oil for producing 

light. This will not only help the 

environment but also the potters 

whose livelihood depends on clay 

products and look up to Diwali with 

eyes full of expectations. Not only 

they come in beautiful patterns and 

shapes but these diyas can be used 

year after year; they also get easily 

decomposed. Thus, the result of being 

in harmony with Mother Earth 

is well worth the effort. 

5. Wrapping Paper: While colourful 

wrapping papers add to 

the essence of festive gifting, it is 

extremely harmful to the environment. 

The wrapping papers 

can include lead, plastic film, synthetic 

inks, metal foils and what 

not, which if not recycled properly 

turns out to be hazardous to the environment. 

With inputs from Ved Krishna, Vice- 

Chairman, Yash Papers 

short-range fireworks 

permitted November 6 and 7 

BRAMPTON, ON: Diwali is 

one of four approved holidays 

a year when short-range fireworks 

are allowed on private 

property, without the need for a 

permit. This year, Diwali takes 

place on Tuesday, November 6 

and Wednesday, November 7*. 

The City of Brampton wants 

residents to celebrate safely. 

Short-range fireworks are 

those that tend to travel less 

than three metres (10 feet) when 

set off (e.g. fountains, wheels, 

ground spinners, sparklers). 

All other rocket-type fireworks 

are banned in Brampton. The 

City reminds residents that 

fireworks are not allowed to be 

used on the street, sidewalks, 

within City parks or on municipal 

or school properties. 

When using short-range 

fireworks on your property, 

you must follow these safety 

precautions: 

• You must have a container 

of water or a hose line that’s 

filled with water available to extinguish 

fireworks 

• You must never light a 

firework or hold a lit firework 

in your hand, other than a sparkler 

• After using sparklers, 

place them in a container of water 

to fully cool before disposal 

• Allow all fireworks to fully 

cool before disposal 

Last year Brampton introduced 

a mandatory annual 

course for fireworks vendors 

before they can be licensed to 

sell. A list of vendors licensed to 

sell fireworks in Brampton for 

Diwali will be posted on the City 

website closer to Diwali. 

Call 311 if you are concerned 

about the use of any prohibited 

fireworks that you may see. 

New Fireworks and Licensing 

by-laws were approved by 

Council in 2016. The by-laws 

allow the use of short-range fireworks 

on all Brampton residential 

properties on Victoria Day, 

Canada Day, Diwali and New 

Year’s Eve, without the need for 

a permit. Safety is the top priority, 

as the by-law also bans other 

types of fireworks that pose 

a great risk of injury or damage 

to property.

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