| 词条 | Rathika Sitsabaiesan |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Rathika Sitsabaiesan | image = RathikaSitsabaiesanReaders'PickWinner.png | imagesize = 180px | caption = Sitsabaiesan at the Now Best of Toronto Awards in November 2012 | riding = Scarborough—Rouge River | parliament = Canadian | term_start = May 2, 2011 | term_end = October 19, 2015 | predecessor = Derek Lee | successor = Riding abolished | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|12|23}}[1] | birth_place = Jaffna, Sri Lanka[2]{{Efn|name=Achchuveli|Other sources state that Sitsabaiesan was born in Achchuveli[3] and Maviddapuram.[4]}} | citizenship = Canadian | party = New Democratic Party (2004-2016) Ontario Liberal Party (2016-present) | residence = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | alma_mater = {{Ubl|Carleton University|Queen’s University}} | occupation = Activist, community worker | profession = Labour Relations Specialist | committees = Standing Committee for Citizenship and Immigration, Canadian Heritage | portfolio = | religion =Hindu | signature = | website = {{Official website|http://www.rathika.ca/|name=rathika.ca}} | blank1 = Ethnicity | data1 = Sri Lankan Tamil[3][5][6][7] }}Rathika Sitsabaiesan (born December 23, 1981) is a Canadian politician and activist of Sri Lankan-Canadian origin. She was formerly part of the New Democratic Party and represented Scarborough—Rouge River in the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of Parliament between 2011 and 2015. She was the first Tamil to be elected to the Canadian federal parliament as well the first woman and first person of colour to be elected as Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge River.[8][9][10] She was also the youngest Member of Parliament in the Greater Toronto Area.[9][10][11] In 2016, Sitsabaiesan switched parties in order to seek the Ontario Liberal Party nomination for the vacant provincial Scarborough—Rouge River seat.[15] Piragal Thiru defeated Sitsabaiesan for the Liberal nomination on June 5, 2016.[12] Early lifeRathika Sitsabaiesan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka on December 23, 1981.[1][2]{{Efn|name=Achchuveli}}[13] She has three elder sisters.[14] Sitsabaiesan and her family emigrated to Canada when she was five.[2][14][15] Sitsabaiesan grew up in Mississauga, west of Toronto.[14] When her father was disabled following a workplace accident, her mother had to give up her nursing studies to work in a warehouse to support the family.[14] Sitsabaiesan attended the University of Toronto for two years.[2][8] While there, she served as Vice President of the Tamil Students Association.[2] She transferred to Carleton University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree.[2][15] Sitsabaiesan served as Operations Manager of the Rideau River Residence Association, Vice President of the Carleton University Students' Association, and Caucus Chair of the New University Government.[2] She also worked for the University of Toronto Students' Union and the Ontario Labour Relations Board.[2] She holds a Master's degree in Industrial Relations at Queen’s University.[2][15] Sitsabaiesan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Malvern Community Coalition, a residents' group in Malvern, Toronto.[15] Political careerSitsabaiesan worked as a volunteer in Ed Broadbent's campaign for the 2004 federal election.[2][13] She has served in various roles in the New Democratic Party (NDP), including campaign manager during the 2008 Canadian federal election[2] and acting as an advisor to NDP leader Jack Layton on Tamil issues.[13] In December 2009 Sitsabaiesan won the nomination to be the NDP's candidate in the Scarborough—Rouge River electoral district in Toronto.[14] Layton made his final campaign stop at Sitsabaiesan's campaign rally a day before the 2011 federal election with his wife and fellow NDP MP Olivia Chow. Scarborough—Rouge River was considered a safe Liberal seat that had been held by Derek Lee (who did not run for re-election in 2011) since its creation 1988.[13][14] Sitsabaiesan won the 2011 Canadian federal election after securing 18,935 votes (40.62%).[16] Sitsabaiesan became the first Tamil Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada,[1][13][15] the first female Member of Parliament to represent Scarborough-Rouge River,[17] and only the second Tamil woman to be elected to any federal parliament outside India or Sri Lanka, the first being Singaporean Member of Parliament Indranee Rajah. Sitsabaiesan was subsequently appointed critic for Post-Secondary Education (Human Resources and Skills Development) in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet in the 41st Canadian Parliament.[18] Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution Scarborough—Rouge River was split into two with largest share, 71%, going to Scarborough North with the remaining 29% going to Scarborough—Rouge Park.[19] Sitsabaiesan contested the 2015 federal election in Scarborough North but in the nationwide Liberal landslide she trailed in third with 8,648 votes (22.07%).[20][21] On April 21, 2016 it was reported she was seeking the Ontario Liberal Party nomination for the vacant provincial Scarborough—Rouge River seat; the seat was previously held by Liberal Bas Balkissoon until he resigned on March 22, 2016.[22] However, her bid for the Liberal nomination was unsuccessful. Sri Lankan Civil WarSitsabaiesan said she will take the initiative to form an All Party Parliamentary Committee (APPC) to look into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during the last stages of the war.[1] Furthermore, she would prioritize the formation of the APPC to "research and come up with recommendations" for the Canadian government over the report by the UN Experts Panel appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.[1] Sitsabaiesan added, "For me the focus is people being treated with fairness, equality, dignity and justice... it is important for the culprits to be identified as a move towards genuine reconciliation.[1] During a fact finding mission in Sri Lanka, Sitsabaiesan was reportedly put under house arrest in Jaffna on December 31, 2013.[23] This claim has been denied by Sri Lankan Authorities,[24] and the Canadian High Commission has confirmed that she was not put under house arrest nor was any arrest warrant issued against her.[23] In November 2014 Sitsabaiesan was criticised for comparing Maaveerar Naal, an annual commemoration for dead Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres, with Remembrance Day during a speech in the House of Commons.[25] AwardsSitsabaiesan is the recipient of The V. K. Krishna Menon Institute's "Personality of the Year Award" in 2012. The award was conferred on her for her untiring efforts on human rights issues in Sri Lanka, opposing the persecution of Tamil minorities in Sri Lanka and her ability to represent her constituency without racial and creed prejudices.[26] Electoral record{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Scarborough—Rouge River|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Rathika Sitsabaiesan|18,935|40.6|+26.0|$55,192.59}}{{CANelec|CA|Conservative| Marlene Gallyot|13,935|29.9|+7.4|}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Rana Sarkar|12,699|27.2|-31.0|}}{{CANelec|CA|Green|George Singh|684|1.5|-2.4|}}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Mark Balack|357|0.8|–|}}{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|46,610 |100.0|}}{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|221 | 0.5|–| }}{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 46,831| 56.2|–| }}{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 83,285|–|–| }}{{end}}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Scarborough North (electoral district)|Scarborough North|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Shaun Chen|18,904|48.2||}}{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Ravinder Malhi|10,737|27.4||}}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Rathika Sitsabaiesan|8,648|22.1||}}{{CANelec|CA|Green|Eleni MacDonald|579|1.5||}}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Raphael Rosch|164|0.4||}}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Aasia Khatoon|156|0.4||}}{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|39,188|100.0| |$199,432.15}}{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|216|0.5||}}{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|39,404|60.8||}}{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|64,827|||}}{{Canadian election result/source|source=Sources:[20][21]}}{{end}}Notes{{Notelist}}References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite web| url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/43486.html|title=Canada’s Tamil MP wants probe on alleged war crimes|date=May 10, 2011| publisher=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|accessdate=May 20, 2011}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{Cite web| url=http://rathikasitsabaiesan.ndp.ca/about|title=About Rathika Sitsabaiesan|publisher= New Democratic Party|accessdate=February 21, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418194010/http://rathikasitsabaiesan.ndp.ca/about|archivedate=April 18, 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Balachandran|first1=P. K.|title=Lankan Tamil Elected to Canada House|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/top_news/article467019.ece|work=The New Indian Express|date=May 6, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Sri Lankan born Canadian MP tours Jaffna|url=http://ceylontoday.lk/51-51630-news-detail-sri-lankan-born-canadian-mp-tours-jaffna.html|work=Ceylon Today|date=January 1, 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Canada MP to initiate All Party group on Lanka|url=http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2011/05/110508_canada_tamil_mp.shtml|work=BBC Sinhala|date=May 8, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite book|last1=Zulfika|first1=Sithy|editor1-last=Reeves|editor1-first=Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora|date=2013|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-981-4260-83-1|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4N5UAgAAQBAJ|chapter=Canada}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Rathika Sitsabaiesan trying to embarrass Sri Lanka, says commission|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rathika-sitsabaiesan-trying-to-embarrass-sri-lanka-says-commission-1.2489512|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=January 8, 2014}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Monsebraaten|first1=Laurie|title=Youthful confidence wins the day in engaged riding of Scarborough-Rouge River|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/05/03/youthful_confidence_wins_the_day_in_engaged_riding_of_scarboroughrouge_river.html|work=Toronto Star|date=May 3, 2011}} 9. ^1 {{cite news|title=Canadian Tamils set to play a bigger role in Ontario elections|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=3584|work=Tamil Guardian|date=October 1, 2011}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|title=Youth, Development, and Rights: Participant Biographies|url=https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/egms/docs/2013/YouthDevelopmentRights/Biographies%20of%20Participants.UPDATED.pdf|publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs|page=2}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Fraser|first1=Laura|title=Toronto turns red as Liberals capture the entire city|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canada-election-2015-toronto-ridings-election-vote-results-1.3278822|work=CBC News|date=October 19, 2015}} 12. ^https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/06/05/liberals-nominate-candidate-for-toronto-byelection.html 13. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web| url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33898|title= Rathika becomes the first Tamil MP in Canada|date=May 3, 2011|publisher=TamilNet|accessdate=May 3, 2011}} 14. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|title=Rathika makes history|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1002339--rathika-makes-history|publisher=Mississauga.com|date=May 4, 2011}} 15. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Canada's first Tamil MP looks forward to challenge|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/05/03/sitsabaiesan-ndp-election.html|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=May 3, 2011}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=2011 General Election - Results Validated by the Returning Officer - Scarborough--Rouge River|url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?type=3&criteria=Scarborough%20Rouge%20River|publisher=Elections Canada}} 17. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL3BwPd5drU Rathika Sitsabaiesan, MP inaugural Speech in the House of Commons] 18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ndp.ca/shadow-cabinet|title= NDP Shadow Cabinet| publisher=New Democratic Party|accessdate=June 2, 2011}} 19. ^{{cite web|title=Scarborough – Rouge River, ON (2003 Rep. Order)|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?rid=1136|publisher=Pundits Guide}} 20. ^1 {{cite web|title=Election Results - Electoral District: Scarborough North|url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?ed=2243&lang=en|publisher=Elections Canada}} 21. ^1 {{cite news|title=Federal Election 2015: Scarborough North riding results|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2160413/federal-election-2015-scarborough-north-riding/|work=Global News}} 22. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/21/rathika-sitsabaiesan-ontario-liberals_n_9753626.html|title=Ex-NDP Rising Star Now Wants To Run For Ontario Liberals|last=Raj|first=Althia|date=April 21, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-04-22}} 23. ^1 {{cite news|title=Rathika Sitsabaiesan not under house arrest in Sri Lanka|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rathika-sitsabaiesan-not-under-house-arrest-in-sri-lanka-1.2480954|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 31, 2013}} 24. ^{{cite news|title=Canadian MP denies 'house arrest' claims|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/24283-canadian-mp-denies-house-arrest-claims.html|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)|date=January 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191943/http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/24283-canadian-mp-denies-house-arrest-claims.html|archivedate=January 2, 2014}} 25. ^{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Stewart|title=NDP MP commemorates event honouring fallen Tamil Tigers, likens it to Remembrance Day in parliament|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/27/ndp-mp-commemorates-event-honouring-fallen-tamil-tigers-likens-it-to-remembrance-day-in-parliament/|work=National Post|date=November 27, 2014}} 26. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/canadian-mp-to-be-conferred-with-vk-krishna-menon-award-2012/article1-916049.aspx|title= Canadian MP to be conferred with VK Krishna Menon award 2012| date=August 19, 2012|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=November 15, 2013}} External links{{Commons category|Rathika Sitsabaiesan}}
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