Canada has done its best to end the long-running conflict in Sri Lanka, but will not bow to pressure to remove the Tigers from the list of banned terrorist groups, the Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

For more than a week, Tamil supporters have been gathering around Parliament Hill to protest the war in the South Asian country and ask Ottawa to intervene.
Minister Jason Kenney was quoted in the Daily News stating: "We have done everything that these protesters are asking Canada to do - namely call for a ceasefire - except we will not respond to a demand of anyone to legalize a banned, illegal terrorist organization."

In 2006, Canada placed the LTTE on a list of banned terrorist organizations under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act, which prohibits financing such groups.
Kenney said Canada has called for a ceasefire from both sides, asked the Sri Lankan government to ensure international support reaches people in need and increased Canada's humanitarian aid.
But the LTTE are responsible for suicide bombings, and the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians, he said.