{"id":72907,"date":"2021-05-10T22:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T03:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=72907"},"modified":"2021-05-10T22:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T03:41:13","slug":"sri-lanka-seeks-immediate-intervention-of-the-canadian-government-to-stop-royal-assent-by-lt-governor-of-ontario-to-the-private-member-bill-104-on-tamil-genocide-education-week-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=72907","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka  Seeks immediate intervention of the Canadian government to stop Royal Assent by Lt. Governor of Ontario to the Private Member Bill 104 on \u2018Tamil Genocide Education Week\u2019 Passed by the Ontario Legislative Assembly on 06 May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Shamindra Ferdinando<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena  yesterday (10) conveyed Sri Lanka\u2019s deep concern over the adoption of Private Member Bill 104 on \u2018Tamil Genocide Education Week\u2019 by the Ontario Legislative Assembly on 06 May 2021 to  Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry. Pointing out that the position taken by the Ontario Legislative Assembly contradicted the Canadian government\u2019s stand, Gunawardena sought immediate intervention of the Canadian government to stop Royal Assent by Lt. Governor of Ontario to the controversial Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the meeting, Foreign Secretary Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage elaborated on the potential harm the Bill 104 could cause to the reconciliation process, peace building and the bilateral relations between the two countries. The Foreign Minister, while thanking the Canadian Government for the continuous support extended to Sri Lanka on multiple fronts, also discussed with the High Commissioner a wide range of bilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton72907\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D72907&amp;text=Sri%20Lanka%20%20Seeks%20immediate%20intervention%20of%20the%20Canadian%20government%20to%20stop%20Royal%20Assent%20by%20Lt.%20Governor%20of...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena yesterday (10) conveyed Sri Lanka\u2019s deep concern over the adoption of Private Member Bill 104 on \u2018Tamil Genocide Education Week\u2019 by the Ontario Legislative Assembly on 06 May 2021 to Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72908,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72907\/revisions\/72908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}