OTTAWA —
The Conservative opposition is asking on Liberal authorities to present pressing funding to Kabul secure homes which might be offering refuge to 1,700 Afghan interpreters and their households.
On Friday, these secure homes are set to shut as a result of the cash retaining them open will run out.
That would depart their occupants on the mercy of Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, who stormed again to energy this summer season.
Conservative MP James Bezan says the Trudeau authorities has been lacking in motion and should step in and fill the spending void.
The federal government has indirectly funded the secure homes, which had been seen as a brief measure to maneuver weak Afghans overseas following the return to energy of the Taliban in mid-August.
Veterans teams beforehand raised about $2 million in personal donations and now say they may want an extra $5 million to maintain the secure home open after Friday.
“Not solely did Justin Trudeau fail to get Canadians, interpreters, assist workers, and their households out of Afghanistan because the nation fell to the Taliban, he’s now refusing to fund their secure homes,” Bezan mentioned in a written assertion.
“These people supported our navy heroes in Afghanistan and the least we are able to do is assist make sure that they’re secure.”
World Affairs Canada is saying little about any authorities efforts to assist the secure homes, citing safety issues.
It has mentioned it’s working with the Veterans Transition Community and Journalists for Human Rights to guard weak folks in Afghanistan together with human rights defenders and former Canadian Armed Forces interpreters.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 4, 2021.
