Summary of the "Air India probe to encompass terrorism funding"

The Air India public inquiry is going to expand its program and looking at the charities’ organizations and religious organizations whether some are raising money for terrorist organizations under Canada's nose. This inquiry is headed by Former Supreme Court justice John Major, will examine whether terrorist organizations banned in Canada, are collecting cash form institutions fronting as temples, mosques and charities. The “federal agency that monitors money transfers and terrorist financing, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (also known as FINTRAC), flagged $140 million worth of suspected terrorist-linked transactions in 2006.” Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh in Vancouver said in his interview “it's about time the government started taking the problem more seriously, we need to be tougher in our approach because that's part of the prevention of terrorism, not just in Canada, but terrorism abroad and in other parts of the world."
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