[canuck_conservative]

The article didn't mention that in 1998, Paul Martin and Maria Minna - both Chretien ministers at the time - attended a Tamil Tiger benefit dinner in Toronto.

SO -- if the Liberals had designated the Tigers as terrorist, they would have had some tricky explaining as to why two of their ministers were associating with a terrorist group. That was a real issue after 9-11, and I'm sure, at least part of the reason why the Liberals never acted.

[GMMAC]

... and the Liberals didn't learn anything from the public outrage their selfish, politically motivated, pro-terrorist pandering generated then or many, many times afterward.

Here's Martin dithering & playing footsie with these terrorists as recently in January of 2005:
Tamil politicians assure PM on aid
From the above linked CBC article:
"Prime Minister Paul Martin said he has been assured by political representatives of the Tamil Tigers that humanitarian aid is getting through to areas controlled by the militant group in Sri Lanka's northeast."