(a) whether it is a fact that the Government of Canada has not shared
the information of a Report in regard to the tragic Kanishka incident;
(b) if so, whether the Government of India has raised/proposes to raise
this issue with the Government of Canada; and
(c) If so, the reaction of the Government of Canada in this regard?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI S.M. KRISHNA)
(a) On May 1, 2006, the Government of Canada appointed Hon’ble John C. Major to head a Commission
of Inquiry to investigate the bombing, by terrorists, of Air India Flight 182 (Kanishka), which
exploded in mid-air on June 23, 1985. The inquiry was completed in February 2008. The report of
the Commission of Inquiry has not yet been presented by the Commission to the Government of Canada.
(b) & (c) Does not arise.