[altayann]

It's actually more proof of racism in Canada than it is proof that the Canadian goverment doesn't take terrorism seriously.

Most of those who died on the Air India flight were Canadians of Indian origin. That, more than anything else, helps explain why this crime was never treated as seriously as it should have been.

At any rate, if think Canada has never been serious on terrorism, I suggest you do a little reading up on the 1970 FLQ crisis.

Canada actually suspended habeas corpus for about two weeks after the Pierre Laporte incident, and that was just the murder of one man.

[and the horse you rode in on]

At any rate, if think Canada has never been serious on terrorism, I suggest you do a little reading up on the 1970 FLQ crisis.

If they had been serious tens of thousands would have died.

[InShanghai]

October 12, 1970 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau enacted Canada's War Measures Act, a tough stance to crack down on the FLQ terrorism. It also suspended some Canadian civil liberties to allow the government to incarcerate (without the right to habeas corpus) suspicious persons. Pierre Laporte was probably executed by the FLQ because of this.

Is this the reason Canada is so reluctant to punish terrorists?

Your comment leads me to believe that the Canadians think:
1) The Indian-Canadians on the flight were just second rate Canadians, therefore it's no big deal.
2) The Indian-Canadian terrorist is also a second rate Canadian, therefore, also, no big deal.

Those reasons would definitely fit in the racism category.

I guess what I should be researching here is why the 1985 bombing on the airlines and at Tokyo's Narita Airport, and why by this guy?

Any insight to share here?