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David Kilgour, Member of Parliament (retired)
for the southeastern area of Edmonton, Alberta
May 1979 until January 2006:
Archived Headlines on Sri Lanka Issues:
- Support of people can’t be taken for granted by their leaders, By Jehan Perera, New Age, November 15, 2016
- Justice Must Also Be Seen To Be Done , By Jehan Perera, Colombo Telegraph, October 24, 2016
- Accountability Remains An International Priority, By Jehan Perera, Colombo Telegraph, September 12, 2016
- Media Release: OMP IS A PART OF A LARGER PROCESS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, August 13, 2016
- Sri Lanka’s Brexit Hour Still To Come, By Jehan Perera, Colombo Telegraph, June 27, 2016
- Good Governance Necessary To Achieve Government’s Economic Vision, By Jehan Perera, Colombo Telegraph, May 9, 2016
- Media Release: LIFTING OF EU BAN SHOWS POLITICAL DIALOGUE AND REFORMS HAVE POSITIVE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, April 23, 2016
- THE CONTINUING NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE, By Jehan Perera, March 14, 2016
- INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION TO DEAL WITH THE PAST, By Jehan Perera, March 5, 2016
- Factional infighting can undermine political solution, December 31, 2015
- Giving Priority To Constitutional Reform, By Jehan Perera, December 28, 2015
- Taking Reconciliation Process Forward After Co-Sponsored Resolution, By Jehan Perera, September 28, 2015
- Changed circumstances favour good governance coalition, By Jehan Perera, July 13, 2015
- The Pursuit Of Good Governance Must Continue, By Jehan Perera, July 6, 2015
- The President's Commitment To Give Up His Political Strength, By Jehan Perera, April 27, 2015
- The Forgotten Majority - The Way Forward?
- 31 years ago: Remembering Black July 1983
- Regaining National Unity Five Years On, By Jehan Perera, May 12, 2014
- Growing Negative Perception Shows Need To Restore Credibility, By Jehan Perera, April 21, 2014
- The Tragedy Of Vulnerable Families Of Disappeared Persons, March 16, 2014
- Skeletal remains of 42 people unearthed from mass grave site in Northern Sri Lanka, January 22, 2014
- Judicial process into the nearly 150 skeletons in a mass grave in Matale discovered(November 2012) in has been subverted by the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry
- Stop Shooting The Messenger High Commissioner for South Africa, January 2, 2014
- The Rajapaksa State Barricades The NPC, November 19, 2013
- The Rajapaksa State Barricades The NPC, November 19, 2013
- The People's Forums Highlight Challenges For The Future, By Jehan Perera, November 11, 2013
- Our Prime Minister Will Have to Face the Rank Lies of President Rajapakse
- Strategic Thinking To Sustain The Devolution Process, By Jehan Perera, October 7, 2013
- Harper should help Tamils by going to Sri Lanka, The Globe and Mail, Sep. 27, 2013
- First principle of governance must be got right first, By Jehan Perera, July 29, 2013
- For Sri Lankan bishops, the government must respect Tamils, the country needs unity, June 14, 2013
- UNP Is Disturbed With The Commonwealth Secretary-General's Statement, May 31, 2013
- A People Without a Story, New York Times, May 12, 2013
- GOVERNMENT MUST KEEP ITS PROMISES-TO INDIA, JAPAN, THE UN AND TO US, By Jehan Perera, March 25, 2013
- GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE UP FOR OPPORTUNITY NOT TAKEN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, February 6, 2013
- Naked Power, Suppressed Dissent, A New Innings, Colombo Telegraph, January 19, 2013
- Introducing "4 years on", January 17, 2013
- Impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, January 12, 2013
- Where is Puthuvai
- Sri Lanka's Killing Fields Tourism, December 27, 2012
- IMPROVED GOVERNANCE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ANTI MINORITY SENTIMENT, By Jehan Perera, December 31, 2012
- POLL ASKING IF LANKA SHOULD BE BANNED FR CRICKET - PLEASE VOTE - TAKES ONE SECOND
- ATC SUPPORTS THE CALLS FOR CRICKET BOYCOTT, ATC in the media, December 26, 2012
- Sri Lanka?s terror abductions, arrests, summons mark Christmas Eve in Jaffna, TamilNet, December 25, 2012
- Increasing hubris, by which sin the angels fell, By Jehan Perera, December 24, 2012
- THE PITFALL OF IMPLEMENTING LLRC ONLY IN PART, By Jehan Perera, December 17, 2012
- Tamil Women Coerced Into Joining The Military - A Statement Of Concern By WAN, December 8, 2012
- SLA conscripted Tamil females admitted at Ki'linochchi hospital in mentally affected state, December 12, 2012
- REINTEGRATING PEOPLE IN NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT, By Jehan Perera, November 26, 2012
- LEARN FROM PAKISTAN?S STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, By Jehan Perera, November 12, 2012
- CaFFE executive director removed from his job at Kelaniya University, November 11, 2012
- IMPEACHMENT WILL NOT BE SOLUTION TO COUNTRY?S PROBLEMS, By Jehan Perera, November 5, 2012
- Women ex combatants continue to face tough time and stonewalling, October 18, 2012
- Sanjana Hattotuwa talks to Frederica Jansz
- OPPOSITION CANNOT ABDICATE ITS ROLE TO JUDICIARY, By Jehan Perera, October 15, 2012
- DUAL REALITY AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES, By Jehan Perera, October 8, 2012
- Book review: Still Counting the Dead
- THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, By Jehan Perera, September 17, 2012
- Concerns In The Mannar Diocese; Issues And Suggestions, September 8, 2012
- Sri Lanka: Bishops Denounce Human Rights Violations And Education Void, September 8, 2012
- RESORT TO EXTREME ACTIONS WHEN SYSTEMS FAIL, September 3, 2012
- A range of content to combat growing surveillance and censorship of online content in Sri Lanka, September 3, 2012
- President's Wife Can Be A Better Guide In Empathy For Post-War Reconciliation, By Jehan Perera, August 20, 2012
- CONCESSIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURES AND A P0LITICAL SOLUTION, By Jehan Perera, August 06, 2012
- PUTTING SOCIAL INTEGRATION POLICY INTO ACTON, By Jehan Perera, The Island, July 23, 2012
- DELAY IN PROVINCIAL ELECTION KEEPS NORTHERN RESENTMENT ALIVE, By Jehan Perera, July 16, 2012
- Short-Term Benchmarks for Peace and Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka, May 30, 2012
- Northern Province Inter-Religious Conference - Mannar, May 22, 2012
- RESPONDING DECISIVELY TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, By Jehan Perera, May 21, 2012
- PUBLIC MOURNING MUST BE PERMITTED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NORTH, May 14, 2012
- Scandalous International Hypocrisy on Sudan, By Eric Reeves, April 23, 2012
- THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN GENEVA, By Jehan Perera, March 19, 2012
- PRESIDENT’S PROPHETIC WORDS CAN COME TRUE, By Jehan Perera, February 20, 2012
- IMPLEMENTING LLRC COULD HAVE STARTED ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, By Jehan Perera, February 5, 2012
- NO PROBLEM SOLVING WITHOUT FIRST ACCEPTING PROBLEMS DO EXIST, By Jehan Perera, Lanka Standard, January 24, 2012
- POLITICAL DIALOGUE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONCRETE CHANGES ON THE GROUND, January 23, 2012
- THE PROMISE OF 13TH AMENDMENT PLUS, By Jehan Perera, January 23, 2012
- POLITICAL DIALOGUE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONCRETE CHANGES ON THE GROUND, January 23, 2012
- Sri Lanka report not enough to change PM's mind on summit boycott, January 12, 2012
- LLRC REPORT AND PRESSURES FROM TAMIL CIVIL SOCIETY, By Jehan Perera, January 9, 2012
- TAMIL POLITY AND LLRC REPORT, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, January 3, 2012
- KEEPING COMMITMENTS AND OBTAINING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, By Jehan Perera, December 5, 2011
- POSITIVE CHANGES NEED TO BE SUPPORTED BY PROPER PROCESSES, By Jehan Perera, November 28, 2011
- Norwegian Evaluation report on the breakdown of the peace process is worthy of study to ascertain the lessons for a political solution, November 19, 2011
- TNA STATEMENT NEEDS TO BE PROBED AND ACTED UPON TO ACHIEVE RECONCILIATION, November 03, 2011
- WAY FORWARD INTERNATIONALLY AFTER WAR CRIMES, By Jehan Perera, The Island, October 24, 2011
- SCAPEGOATING OF A GENERAL, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, October 4, 2011
- RECONCILE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, By Dr. Jehan Perera, LANKA Standard, September 25, 2011
- OUT OF HURTING STALEMATE, By Jehan Perera, The Island, September 19, 2011
- AWAITING BENEFITS OF LIFTING EMERGENCY, By Jehan Perera, September 5, 2011
- LIFTING OF EMERGENCY WILL STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, August 26, 2011
- THE NEED FOR 19TH AMENDMENT FOR CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNANCE, By Jehan Perera, The Island, August 15, 2011
- Beginning With A Hello! – A Route to Reconciliation, July 25, 2011
- NO MEETING POINT OF THE TWO WAR NARRATIVES?, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, August 9, 2011
- CONTINUING IMPUNITY HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CHECKS AND BALANCES, By Jehan Perera, August 1, 2011
- THE DANGER OF MOVING BACK FROM DEVOLUTION, By Jehan Perera, July 18, 2011
- Prof Rajiva Wijesinha MP responds to Channel 4 and Panel appointed by UNSG on BBC Hard Talk, July 5, 2011
- FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION IS A RIGHT IN THE NORTH AS ELSEWHERE, Sri Lanka Guardian, June 24, 2011
- PEACE TIME GOVERNANCE REQUIRES MORE POWER SHARING, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, June 7, 2011
- Less visible undercurrents in Jaffna, By Jehan Perera, New Age, May 15, 2011
- ENSURE CLOSURE OF UN PANEL REPORT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, By Jehan Perera, May 2, 2011
- DEAL WITH UN PANEL REPORT THROUGH MODERATION, Sri Lanka Guardian, April 26, 2011
- PERSONAL EXHORTATION INSUFFICIENT FOR MULTI ETHNIC VICTORY, By Jehan Perera, April 5, 2011
- THE YEARNING FOR NEW THINKING AND A NEW SRI LANKA, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, March 14, 2011
- COPING WITH THE UN PANEL THROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND REMEDIAL MEASURES, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, March 3, 2011
- END CULTURE OF IMPUNITY TO FOSTER RECONCILIATION, Sri Lanka Guardian, February 22, 2011
- NEED IS FOR INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT NOT DISENGAGEMENT, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, February 15, 2011
- SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENT IN TIME OF PEOPLE’S NEED, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardia, February 8, 2011
- REPEATED ATTACKS ON MEDIA SEND NEGATIVE MESSAGE OF DEMOCRACY ON RETREAT, February 2, 2011
- Solution to Jaffna violence within reach, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, January 31, 2011
- HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY OF LESSONS LEARNT AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, By Jehan Perera, January 24, 2011
- Stronger civil society and international response needed to deal with the flood crisis, Sri Lanka Guardian, January 16, 2011
- A NEW ETHOS TO OBTAIN ELECTORAL AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS, By Jehan Perera, January 10, 2011
- MAKE PEACE WITH THE TAMIL DIASPORA IN THE NEW YEAR, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, January 4, 2011
- GOVERNMENT’S INVITATION TO UN PANEL MAY REFLECT A LESSON LEARNT, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, December 21, 2010
- Sri Lanka to boycott Nobel ceremony amid Chinese pressure - Hindustan Times, Hindustan Times, December 09, 2010
- BUDGET’S ECONOMIC THRUST NEEDS NON-ECONOMIC SUPPORTS, By Jehan Perera
, November 29, 2010
- CHANGES WE LIKE TO SEE IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND TERM, National Peace Council, November 19, 2010
- A WAY TO GAIN FULLER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, November 09, 2010
- STILL AWAITING THE BREAK WITH THE PAST, By Jehan Perera
- Speech in Houston by a Tamil lawyer to Mahinda
- HIGHER RATIONALE FOR COMMISSION ON " LESSONS LEARNT AND RECONCILIATION", National Peace Council, October 21, 2010
- HEED OPPOSITION AND SHOW RECONCILIATION IN PRACTICE, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, October 07, 2010
- FROM PERSONAL POLITICS
TO SYSTEMIC POLITICS, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, October 05, 2010
- UPLIFTING WORDS AND
OUTCOMES OF PRESIDENT’S UN VISITS, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, September 28, 2010
- THE CHALLENGE AND
OPPORTUNITY AT THE UN MEETING, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, September 21, 2010
- Double edged
Argument on two term Limit, By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, September 7, 2010
- Factors that spoil Sri
Lanka’s image, By Jehan Perera, August 24, 2010
- REVERSING LESSONS LEARNT AND RECONCILIATION, By Jehan Perera
- No reconciliation after Sri Lanka's civil war, By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun, August 13, 2010
- Keeping Hope Of Democratic Responsiveness Alive, by Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, August 10, 2010
- CULTURE OF IMPUNITY TAKES MANY FORMS, By Jehan Perera
- Black July 1983: Dedicate ourselves not to repeat the mistakes of the past, By National Peace Council, July 26, 2010
- EXTENDING RECONCILIATON—BEYOND HONOURING THE INDIVIDUAL, By Jehan Perera
- GOVERNMENT-UNP TALKS SEND HOPEFUL MESSAGE, By Jehan Perera
- EU OFFER IS OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY RE-ENGAGE ON GOVERNANCE ISSUES, June 24, 2010
- A SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE POSSIBLE, By Jehan Perera
- A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF WAR AFFECTED PEOPLE, By Jehan Perera
- WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS IN JAFFNA, By Jehan Perera
- REQUIREMENTS FOR RECONCILIATION TO FACE FUTURE CHALLENGES, May 21, 2010
- Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes, By Anthony Reinhart, Globe and Mail, May 17, 2010
- STRENGTHENING THE CULTURE OF FEAR OR DEMOCRATIC PROBLEM SOLVING, By Jehan Perera
- LIVING IN WISHFUL HOPE OF A NEW BEGINNING, By Jehan Perera
- Letter to Senators re Child Trafficking, Sri Lanka Guardian, April 17, 2010
- THE EASY WAY TO 2/3 MAJORITY IS NOT THE WAY, By Jehan Perera
- CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS, By Jehan Perera
- AN INDIGENOUS AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, By Jehan Perera
- THE NEED TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF PROPAGANDA AND NEGLECT, By Jehan Perera
- Missed opportunities for reconciliation and healing, By Jehan Perera, February 23, 2010
- REPEAL REPRESSIVE LAWS THAT PERMIT ABUSE OF POWER, National Peace Council, February 16, 2010
- DANGER OF EROSION OF FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
- Sri Lanka arrests failed presidential candidate, National Post, February 9, 2010
- National Reconciliation and Humanitarian Relief in Sri Lanka, Meeting of Concerned Tamils of Ottawa, By Hon. David Kilgour, Walter Baker Centre, Ottawa, 12 September 2009
- Sri Lanka ex-leader backs Fonseka, BBC News, January 24, 2010
- CHALLENGES AFTER THE ELECTIONS, By Jehan Perera
- THE POWER OF KEEPING ONE’S WORD, By Jehan Perera
- TRUTH HAS TO BE DEALT WITH AND CANNOT BE AVOIDED, By Jehan Perera
- PRE-ELECTION OPTIONS FOR MORAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE,
National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, December 20, 2009
- A TEST OF SINCERITY PRIOR TO ELECTIONS, By Jehan Perera
- ELECTION PLEDGES CAN BRING PEACE BUT NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED, By Jehan Perera
- THE APPREHENSION ABOUT MILITARY GOVERNMENT, By Jehan Perera
- POLICY SHIFTS WITH MORE COMPASSION ARE REQUIRED, December 04, 2009
- THE ELECTORAL COMPETITION TO BE STATESMANLIKE, By Jehan Perera
- Sri Lankan General Who Led Fight Against Tamils Seeks Presidency , By LYDIA POLGREEN, New York Times, November 29, 2009
- RETURN TO COMPETITIVE POLITICS THAT INCLUDES MINORITIES, By Jehan Perera, November 15, 2009
- PROVIDE NGO ACCESS TO AREAS OF NEW RESETTLEMENT, November 12, 2009
- RESETTLEMENT OF DISPLACED POPULATION NEEDS EXTRA SUPPORT, By Jehan Perera
- Government has Duty to Ensure Freedom and Safety of Media Personnel, November 3, 2009
- THE KEY TO OBTAINING ETHNIC MINORITY SUPPORT, By Jehan Perera
- “We Tamils are ever friends with you….”, October 28, 2009
- Whither Sri Lanka?, By David Kilgour, Ceylonata Restaurant, Ottawa, 29 October 2009
- SOLVING PROBLEMS REQUIRES INFORMED SUPPORT OF ELECTORATE, By Jehan Perera
- HOBSON’S CHOICE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, By Jehan Perera
- Opposition requires positive campaign to improve performance, By Jehan Perera
- Openness to engagement as defence to accusation, By Jehan Perera, October 05, 2009
- Let's help Sri Lanka win the peace, By Lakhdar Brahimi and Edward Mortimer, Globe and Mail, September 16, 2009
- The spectre of war crimes accusations and the mandate of peace organisations , By Jehan Perera, Sri Lanka Guardian, September 15, 2009
- Sri Lanka: Church Attack Incident Report - July 2009 Part 2 , National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL)
- Implications of the Northern election verdict, By Dr. Jehan Perera, August 10, 2009
- The Tamils' plight, The Toronto Star, July 13, 2009
- Tamils Now Languish in Sri Lanka Camps , By LYDIA POLGREEN, New York Times, July 12, 2009
- Persecuted Christians aid survivors of Sri Lanka's civil war, By Geoffrey P. Johnston, ChristianWeek, July 3, 2009
- Media Release - Hold Special School Examinations for IDPs to Restore Confidence, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, July 3, 2009
- Sri Lanka - The World Has Moved On, by Bruce Clark, The Scoop, June 26, 2009
- Humanitarian Aid Urgently Needed in Sri Lanka, June 12, 2009
- UN guiding principles on internally displaced persons
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Publications
New book on pillaging of Falun Gong organs in China to be published in November by David Matas and David Kilgour
David's September 2007 book (co-authored with David T. Jones):
Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs: Canada, the USA and the Dynamics of State, Industry and Culture. Click here for the book reviews.
David's 1990 book about regional alienation in Canada. Click here to view the complete text.
David's 1994 book about a Russian trained spy in Canada. In 2004 he receives Canadian citizenship. Click here to view the complete text.
David's 1988 book about Western Canada. Click here to view the complete text.
David's chapter on Alberta in Canada: The Millennium Series. Click here for the complete text. |
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