Mr. Gunasekera who is in Colombo said he had vital information about the huge network of LTTE terror gangs in Canada and he would like to make it available to President Kumaratunga if she wished to meet him. Around 160,000 live in and around Toronto. Funds are collected in many ways. They keep tills in shops. When they don't receive that sum, they send people to threaten them or even intimidate them by threatening to harass their relatives in Sri Lanka.
People do take such threats seriously because there have been several drive-by shootings.
So the fund raising is not restricted to voluntary contributions some are forced to give. We have estimated that they collect about 36 million dollars a year. They control the trade. There are many Tamil stores. They have to channel it through their agent, the LTTE agent.