Genocide accusations: Wijeyadasa seeks dialogue with new Canadian Public Safety Minister

Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, has urged the new Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree to review Canada's policy towards Sri Lanka as there is absolutely no basis for their declaration of genocide in Sri Lanka during 1983-2009 period.

- BY SHAMINDRA FERDINANDO

Dr. Rajapakshe has said that Gary Anandasangaree, as the son of veteran Tamil politician V. Anandasangaraee, one of those who had been targeted by the LTTE is in a unique position to address the issues at hand.

The one-time President of the Bar association said so when The Island asked him whether he made an attempt to initiate a dialogue with the Canadian Minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet.

Gary Anandasangaree oversees key agencies tasked with Canada's national security, including the Canada Border Services Agency, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He previously served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General — the first Tamil-Canadian to do so— under Carney's first Cabinet in March this year. Anandasangaree held this role together with that of Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, to which he was appointed under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's final Cabinet in December 2024.