Not surprising at all. The Tamil Tigers diaspora in Eastern Canada have long been fundraising for the Canadian Liberals, and the Canadian liberals for decades reciprocated the quid pro quo by refusing to list the LTTE as a terrorist organization in Canada, and preventing sanctions against the Tamil Tigers through international organizations.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=63dcd577-db95-4808-b8cc-819b4ed336cf
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070031950&ch=11/6/2007%208:17:00%20AM
Now that the Liberals are out of power in Canada, the Tamils are shifting their transnational cross border influence peddling money to what they see as a good potential investment, the abyss that is the Democrat party in the United States.
yep, i remember reading about Paul Martin going to a $1,000.00 a plate benefit for the Tamil Tigers. it was after Harper got into office that they were finally put on the terrorist list. they are all over the Toronto area, or were.