This is CANASB's Letter signed by

 Prominent Canadian political, religious and busness leaders.

 LETTER TO SENATE

WE ASK THE CANADIAN SENATE TO HELP

STOP SUICIDE BOMBING - PASS BILL S-210

We support, and seek your support for, Senate Bill S-210, which amends Section 83.01 of the Criminal Code to ensure suicide bombing is clearly within the definition of “terrorist activity”.

Suicide bombing has become all too common in many countries throughout the world. Thousands of civilians are killed and maimed to advance a cause based on falsely implanted expectations of glory and martyrdom. We say no cause can justify suicide bombing.

Introduced by Senator Jerry Grafstein, Bill S-210 aims beyond those who strap explosives to their bodies and aim to cause maximum pain, suffering, death and dismemberment. It will help focus on those who promote terrorism by teaching, organizing and financing the killers in the name of ill-conceived ideology, distorted belief or abhorrent political conviction. It will help pursue the individuals promoting this heinous tactic. Penal statutes must unambiguously state which actions are criminalized. Rather than assuming that suicide bombing is covered implicitly in the Criminal Code, this amendment covers it explicitly.

Canada supported the 2005 suicide bombing resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and our signature morally commits us to strengthen the Criminal Code. Canada can again be an example to the world as we were with the Ottawa Treaty on land mines and Nobel Prize Winner Lester Pearson, by passing Bill S-210.

Many other Senators support Senator Grafstein, including Hugh Segal, General Romeo Dallaire and Art Eggleton. We ask all Senators to support it and for the House of Commons to pass it as well.

All Canadians can support Bill S-210 on the Canadians Against Suicide Bombing www.canasb.ca web site, because CANASB will forward your responses to the Prime Minister, Senators and MPs. CANASB are dedicated men and women of different ethnic and religious backgrounds working to help stop the murder of civilians.

Action is needed now! Please support Bill S-210

Canadians Against Suicide Bombing