Ottawa’s failed commitment to displaced Palestinians is a broken promise to Canadians

Canadian charities are at their limits, grappling with the humanitarian emergency in Gaza while also aiding families upon their arrival here.

Repeated discussions with Immigration Minister Marc Miller and his office have yielded no tangible improvements. On the contrary, the government has off-loaded the financial burden onto Canadian Muslim-led charities, write Mahmuda Khan and Raheel Irfan.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MAHMUDA KHAN, RAHEEL IRFAN

September 18, 2024

On Nov. 1, 2023, in the wake of devastating losses in Gaza where thousands of Palestinians perished, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened with bereaved families at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. These families, who had endured profound losses, implored Trudeau to lev...

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