Canadian security officials are concerned that last year's defeat of LTTE could trigger attacks like the 1985 Air India bombings, in Canada says a report by the International Crisis Group.

The International Crisis Group study quotes unnamed Canadian law enforcement officials saying that supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam might resort to terrorism, stated the National Post.

"While there are no signals yet that the rump LTTE is planning a terrorist act, it only takes a handful of committed cadre in the diaspora bent on violence to have a deadly impact," the report says.

"For example, Canadian law enforcement officials have been concerned that, if left unchecked, LTTE activities could result in an event similar to the terrorist bombing of an Air India jet in 1985, which was planned and funded by Sikh separatists in Canada," quoting the study, the National Post reported.

Canadian Tamil Congress spokesman David Poopalapillai called that "pure speculation" and said that "we as Canadian Tamils and we as Canadian Tamil Congress are opposed to any form of violence, not only in Canada, anywhere, any part of the world."

Canada has the world's largest Tamil diaspora and was a major LTTE fundraising base. Several Canadians were also involved in procuring arms for the LTTE, reported the National Post.

An unnamed Canadian security official was quoted in the report saying, "Because of what we learned from Canada's connection with Khalistan we're compelled to look at issues concerning the Tamil Tigers here differently”, the National Post reported.

"As much as it's a law and order issue in some regards, we also are compelled to treat the Tamil Tigers as a national security issue because we don't want another Air India disaster."

The report says, "until it moves on from its separatist, pro-LTTE ideology, the diaspora is unlikely to play a useful role supporting a just and sustainable peace in Sri Lanka," reported the National Post.