Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer an apology in the House of Commons on May 18 almost 102 years after the Komagata Maru incident, where the government of the day turned away more than 300 Indians seeking a better life in Canada.
Next month, I will rise in the House to offer an apology to Sikhs for the Komagata Maru incident. Details: https://t.co/7ijo9WgnZu
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) 11 April 2016
In 2008, then-prime minister Stephen Harper apologized to the Sikh community in Surrey, B.C., but many demanded he make a formal apology in the Commons.
The Sikh community will get its wish next month, Trudeau announced in Ottawa Monday.
“As a nation, we should never forget the prejudice suffered by the Sikh community at the hands of the Canadian government of the day. We should not and we will not,” he said.
Trudeau called the laws that allowed the Canadian government to turn the Komagata Maru away discriminatory.
“The passengers of the Komagata Maru, like millions of immigrants to Canada since, were seeking refuge, and better lives for their families. With so much to contribute to their new home, they chose Canada and we failed them utterly,” he said.
Give him a toke and he would like the 70’s with that rag on his head.
Thisd is an absolute idiot. Love to kiss Paki ass.