The worst mass killing of Canadians was 40 years ago today and not many know much about it.

[blackbird]

That was the Air India bombing over the Atlantic that killed 329 people onboard of which 268 were Canadian citizens.

The court cases that followed over the next 20 or 25 years were a disaster as well and the authorities such as CSIS bungled it big time.

"In the aftermath of the attack, only one person, Inderjit Singh Reyat, was convicted of perjury and sentenced to nine years.  He apparently got out on parole after serving two-thirds of his sentence.   The other suspects were acquitted.  CSIS reportedly destroyed all the wire-tap evidence, fearing that the police would leak some names to the public.  So nobody was actually convicted for the bombing.

Only 29 per cent of Canadians can report accurately that nobody was convicted; in 2023, when pollsters asked the same question, 34 per cent knew the truth."

Majority of Canadians say Air India bombing not treated like national tragedy: poll

Air India bomb maker to serve longest perjury sentence | CBC News

So those who were behind this tragedy were never brought to justice for the death of 329 people including 268 Canadians onboard the flight.

Edited Monday at 10:40 PM by blackbird

[CdnFox]

This is true but it's a little too late to be worrying about it now. The government and police screw up so basically made it impossible to pursue any charges

[blackbird]

The strange thing is we have annual remembrances for the 14 women murdered and 14 other people injured at École Polytechnique in Montreal, QC December 6, 1989, in the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history.  I am not sure if more people were murdered by the fake police officer in Nova Scotia a few years ago.  They were both terrible massacres. The Air India bombing was far worse, but little is said about the massacre of 329 people, of which 268 are Canadians.  Today is the 40th anniversary of the Air India bombing.  How much are we hearing on the news?

Edited Monday at 10:18 PM by blackbird

[CdnFox]

33 minutes ago, blackbird said:

The strange thing is we have annual remembrances for the 14 women murdered and 14 other people injured at École Polytechnique in Montreal, QC December 6, 1989, in the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history.  I am not sure if more people were murdered by the fake police officer in Nova Scotia a few years ago.  They were both terrible massacres. The Air India bombing was far worse, but little is said about the massacre of 329 people, of which 268 are Canadians.  Today is the 40th anniversary of the Air India bombing.  How much are we hearing on the news?

That's because Polytechnic Involved a gun and a white person specifically a white male. They care when they are promoting their anti-gun agenda. They don't care when the murders are resolved of the use of explosives or are done by a marginalized group such as indians

[Michael Hardner]

CdnFox has a point, but the lack of symmetry in how much/little attention people pay isn't so easy to explain as that.

Why did Canadian media pay more attention to the Boston Marathon bombing then the Quebec mosque shooting? 

People on the left will simply say that it's racism. 

They are wrong also. 

The problem is rather unfathomable, however you can frame the question very succinctly as a great Canadian named Harold Innis did:

"Why do we attend to the things we attend to?"

 

Maybe AI will figure it out.

[Nefarious Banana]

The Ecole Polytechnique tragedy has served the Federal Liberals well in their relentless quest to disarm lawful Canadian firearm owners.  Of course there are exceptions to firearm ownership and usage: Indians.

White man/bad man . . . 

[PIK]

I work with some 20+ yr old kids. I brought up the FLQ. They had no idea what I was talking about. Great education system we have.

[User]

14 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Why did Canadian media pay more attention to the Boston Marathon bombing then the Quebec mosque shooting? 

I don't think this is accurate. I am not even Canadian and can easily see this was massively covered by your media. Not only was it covered, but long after it was turned into a National Day of Remembrance. They were 2 different events years apart. It is not like one was covered and the other wasn't. They both got significant attention. 

The National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec Mosque Attack and of Action Against Islamophobia

https://psacunion.ca/mosque-islamophobia-2025#:~:text=Since 2021%2C January 29 has,Attack and Action against Islamophobia.

"Since 2021, January 29 has been observed as a National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia.   "

[herbie]

The real question is WHY don't they know about it.

One reason is because it happened before the Internet and has barely been discussed online since the Internet was invented. Even on anniversary dates, it only gets covered in Canadian media.

Plus, racism is/was part of the problem. Remember those jokes about how many empty seats everyone was telling at the time? People felt they were 'new' Canadians, they weren't 'real' Canadians.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by herbie

[August1991]

On 6/23/2025 at 2:31 PM, blackbird said:

That was the Air India bombing over the Atlantic that killed 329 people onboard of which 268 were Canadian citizens.

....

Strongly disagree, for many reasons.

In a single day, on a beach in Dieppe in Aug 1942, some 900 Canadians were killed. 

[LinkSoul60]

10 hours ago, August1991 said:

Strongly disagree, for many reasons.

In a single day, on a beach in Dieppe in Aug 1942, some 900 Canadians were killed. 

War is entirely different than a planned mass civilian killing

[blackbird]

11 hours ago, August1991 said:

Strongly disagree, for many reasons.

In a single day, on a beach in Dieppe in Aug 1942, some 900 Canadians were killed. 

You lost all credibility.  Totally insanity.

[User]

1 hour ago, blackbird said:

You lost all credibility.  Totally insanity.

You might have a leg to stand on yourself if you had not so grossly lied about me and continued to lie and lie and lie and be dishonest instead of just owning up to it. 

In fact, you were so dishonest, you had to run and hide from me over it all.