Bonus Interview - Afghan interpreters protected Canadian troops, now their lives are in danger
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
A recent email from Afghanistan communicated that a former Afghan interpreter for Canada's military has been executed by the Taliban. This highlights the increasing urgency to permit the former interpreters to come to Canada and build a life here. The current federal government is showing zero interest in doing so and the Harper government opened only a very brief window for interpreters to apply during the Afghanistan mission in 2011. Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington, encountered Ahmed Hussen – the federal Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees – this week, and raised the issue of the interpreters withhim. What was Joe told? We find out
Guest: Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun columnist
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