There is a healthy Goan population spread all across the Greater Toronto Area who are very active in their community and to an extent civic affairs but other than politicians tapping into it for their votes, they have little power to further their interests.
The Punjabi population though, is an entirely different matter. They care beyond their civic participation, focusing mainly on politics. The result is they have a disproportionate (to their population) number of members of provincial and federal parliament and ministers. Nobody, including the Prime Minister will do anything which may be perceived as inimical to their community. They have even got away with major travesties like the Air India Bombing that despite expenditure of millions in investigations and court processes resulted in few convictions. So power without politics is nothing, unless you are talking of throwing up such a great personality that even politicians have to heed him. Even a Claude and Norma Alvares won’t do. > On Mar 1, 2021, at 2:06 PM, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > And there is something called a permanent government too.... FN > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 00:14, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> But politics is where the power to change lies. >> >> Roland.
