Activities in Canada
Da Silva has a degree from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an employee of the Communist Party of Canada in the 1980s, and ran as a candidate of the Communist Party at the federal and provincial levels. He also sought election for municipal office in Toronto. The Communist Party is not a strong political force in Canada, and Da Silva never came close to winning election.
Da Silva participated in the Guyanese liberation movement, seeking the return of democracy in that country. He was Guyana's Consul General to Toronto in the 1990s, and was interviewed by the Toronto Star newspaper following the death of Guyanese president Cheddi Jagan in 1997.
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