East Kildonan: Basement Office

Civil Engineer Dept: In a spartan basement office in East Kildonan, the phone of the minister for internally displaced persons, refugees and prisoners of war rings constantly, according to Winnipeg Free Press. For Sam Ratna, a civil engineer elected by Winnipeg's Tamils to serve on the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, finding a safe home for 200,000 displaced people is a calling and jOE BYKSA / Sam Ratna helps other Tamils to become refugees in Canada as he did. Twice a week, at least, it's the Tamil mom in India calling about her missing son who, out of desperation, got on a boat for Australia months ago and hasn't been heard from since. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.