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Anjulian (1019-1020)
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Punjab Wants $150 Million From Canada For A Historical Wrong
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 129511" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>A message to India: We’re sorry – and that’s enough</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/author/tashakheiriddin/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">Tasha Kheiriddin</span></u></a><span style="color: navy"> - The National Post -July 5, 2010 – 10:00 am </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">From the "it’s never too late to say you’re sorry" department: The Punjab state government in India is considering asking Canada for </span><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/India+seeks+143M+over+immigrant+ship+Canada+rejected+1914/3233129/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">compensation of $143-million </span></u></a><span style="color: navy">for turning back a ship of South Asian migrants nearly 100 years ago.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">In 1914, Canada refused to allow the 376 passengers aboard the Komagata Maru to disembark when the vessel docked in Vancouver. The government invoked the Continuous Passage Act, which required that immigrants travel by continuous journey from their home country. The Komagata Maru had not only sailed from Hong Kong with Indian migrants aboard, </span><a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_komagatamaru.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">it had in fact done so on purpose</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">: It was chartered by a Sikh businessman, Gurdit Singh, as a direct challenge to the exclusionary legislation.After languishing for two months in the port of Vancouver, the Canadian Navy forced the Komagata Maru to sail back to India with over 300 of its passengers still on board. Upon disembarking in Calcutta, British authorities wanted the men to board a train for the Punjab; they refused, a rebellion ensued and 20 people were killed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Ninety-six years later, this incident apparently has a price tag: $143-million. The amount is supposedly based on a $15,000 "entry tax" the 376 passengers allegedly paid to the Canadian government upon docking in Vancouver. Not only is </span><a href="http://www.theprovince.com/travel/century+later+Punjab+wants+million+from+Canada+historical+wrong/3232864/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">the existence of that tax disputed</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">, but it is unclear whether the $15,000 would have been a tax per passenger, or for the whole ship. (In any case, it is still unclear how the State of Punjab arrived at the figure of $143-million: compound interest? Inflation? A number picked out of a hat?)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Whatever the amount claimed, the real debate centres on the principle at stake. Why should today’s Canadian taxpayers, who had nothing to do with the incident, pay compensation 100 years later to a foreign government, who itself had nothing to do with it? Yes, you read that right: In this case, the money wouldn’t even go to descendants of the unsuccessful migrants, it would be used to build memorials in the Punjab (thus padding the pockets of architects, designers and whoever else succeeds in riding the memorial-building gravy train).</span></p><p></p><p><DIR><strong><span style="color: navy">According to the <em>Hindustan Times</em>, the Punjab government decided to undertake the "treasure hunt" after families of the passengers killed by British officers met with Punjab officials, claiming that the $15,000 deposited as entry tax was lying unused.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">"The committee will initiate the process for recovery of the money, which, once obtained, would be utilized to fund Komagata Maru memorials in Punjab and Kolkata," (Hira Singh Gabria, Punjab Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs) is quoted as saying.</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></DIR></strong><span style="color: navy">Enough already. The British Columbia government issued an apology in 2008. The federal government issued an apology in 2009 and pledged $2.5-million for "projects commemorating the tragedy" (Canada’s Economic Action Plan stimulating our economy again, no doubt).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">We’re sorry, and we’ve said we’re sorry, twice. But engaging in a "treasure hunt" a century later is absurd. And that is something we shouldn’t be sorry to say, out loud, should the State of Punjab decide to send Canada a bill.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span> <a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/05/tasha-kheiriddin-a-message-to-india-were-sorry-but-were-not-143-million-sorry/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/05/tasha-kheiriddin-a-message-to-india-were-sorry-but-were-not-143-million-sorry/</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 129511, member: 884"] [SIZE=5][COLOR=navy][B]A message to India: We’re sorry – and that’s enough[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [URL="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/author/tashakheiriddin/"][U][COLOR=navy]Tasha Kheiriddin[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy] - The National Post -July 5, 2010 – 10:00 am [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]From the "it’s never too late to say you’re sorry" department: The Punjab state government in India is considering asking Canada for [/COLOR][URL="http://www.nationalpost.com/India+seeks+143M+over+immigrant+ship+Canada+rejected+1914/3233129/story.html"][U][COLOR=navy]compensation of $143-million [/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy]for turning back a ship of South Asian migrants nearly 100 years ago.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In 1914, Canada refused to allow the 376 passengers aboard the Komagata Maru to disembark when the vessel docked in Vancouver. The government invoked the Continuous Passage Act, which required that immigrants travel by continuous journey from their home country. The Komagata Maru had not only sailed from Hong Kong with Indian migrants aboard, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_komagatamaru.htm"][U][COLOR=navy]it had in fact done so on purpose[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy]: It was chartered by a Sikh businessman, Gurdit Singh, as a direct challenge to the exclusionary legislation.After languishing for two months in the port of Vancouver, the Canadian Navy forced the Komagata Maru to sail back to India with over 300 of its passengers still on board. Upon disembarking in Calcutta, British authorities wanted the men to board a train for the Punjab; they refused, a rebellion ensued and 20 people were killed.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Ninety-six years later, this incident apparently has a price tag: $143-million. The amount is supposedly based on a $15,000 "entry tax" the 376 passengers allegedly paid to the Canadian government upon docking in Vancouver. Not only is [/COLOR][URL="http://www.theprovince.com/travel/century+later+Punjab+wants+million+from+Canada+historical+wrong/3232864/story.html"][U][COLOR=navy]the existence of that tax disputed[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy], but it is unclear whether the $15,000 would have been a tax per passenger, or for the whole ship. (In any case, it is still unclear how the State of Punjab arrived at the figure of $143-million: compound interest? Inflation? A number picked out of a hat?)[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Whatever the amount claimed, the real debate centres on the principle at stake. Why should today’s Canadian taxpayers, who had nothing to do with the incident, pay compensation 100 years later to a foreign government, who itself had nothing to do with it? Yes, you read that right: In this case, the money wouldn’t even go to descendants of the unsuccessful migrants, it would be used to build memorials in the Punjab (thus padding the pockets of architects, designers and whoever else succeeds in riding the memorial-building gravy train).[/COLOR] <DIR>[B][COLOR=navy]According to the [I]Hindustan Times[/I], the Punjab government decided to undertake the "treasure hunt" after families of the passengers killed by British officers met with Punjab officials, claiming that the $15,000 deposited as entry tax was lying unused.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=navy]"The committee will initiate the process for recovery of the money, which, once obtained, would be utilized to fund Komagata Maru memorials in Punjab and Kolkata," (Hira Singh Gabria, Punjab Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs) is quoted as saying.[/COLOR][/B] [B] </DIR>[/B][COLOR=navy]Enough already. The British Columbia government issued an apology in 2008. The federal government issued an apology in 2009 and pledged $2.5-million for "projects commemorating the tragedy" (Canada’s Economic Action Plan stimulating our economy again, no doubt).[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]We’re sorry, and we’ve said we’re sorry, twice. But engaging in a "treasure hunt" a century later is absurd. And that is something we shouldn’t be sorry to say, out loud, should the State of Punjab decide to send Canada a bill.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [URL="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/05/tasha-kheiriddin-a-message-to-india-were-sorry-but-were-not-143-million-sorry/"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/05/tasha-kheiriddin-a-message-to-india-were-sorry-but-were-not-143-million-sorry/[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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