Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan relayed information to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) about how to rescue Sikhs in Afghanistan while troops were trying to get Canadians out of Kabul as it was falling to the Taliban in August of 2021.
Sajjan confirmed he did relay information to the armed forces provided to him by a Canadian Sikh group — a non-governmental organization (NGO) that was encouraging the Canadian government to rescue Afghan Sikhs and resettle them in this country.
The Globe and Mail published a different interpretation of those events on Thursday.
The paper, citing unnamed sources, said that Sajjan, who currently serves as the minister for emergency preparedness, "instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs" — members of a religious minority in Afghanistan — who were "not considered an operational priority for the Canadian military as they had no link to Canada."
After interpreting Sajjan's communications about the Afghan Sikhs as an order from the minister to rescue them, Canadian special forces tried to track the Sikhs down and bring them to the airport to be flown out to safety, the paper reported.
The Globe and Mail said some of its military sources felt "Sajjan was out of line in pressing Canadian special forces to rescue the Afghan Sikhs" because the operation involved "intense planning and it meant fewer soldiers were available to screen people awaiting the last flights out of Kabul."
Sajjan suggested that his actions are only now being construed as something improper because he's a Sikh.
Bump, because old Sajjan was blaming racism for the story around him sending Canadian Forces members and equipment to rescue Sikh's that had nothing to do with Canada and effected our ability to get Interpreters and embassy members out of Afghanistan.
Afghan Sikh sponsors donated a bunch of cash to the Ministers Riding association during the airlift.
But its no surprise that Sajjan is a crook.
He stole valour twice, lying about his record in Afghanistan
Ignored woman facing sexual abuse in the Forces to protect his buddy General Vance.
Worked with Vance to use the courts on a vendetta against Mark Norman that probably cost us millions in settlement dollars.
So why do the Liberals keep him on board? He's one of their biggest fundraisers.
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Poilievre acknowledged the stewardship of Indigenous people and described Canadian inventions, overlaid by grainy black-and-white historical footage. He described Canada as “a warrior nation” that “helped defeat ugly socialist ideologies like Nazism, fascism and communism.”
Conflating socialism with Nazism is directly out of the far-right, neofascist, and Trump playbooks. But sure, tell me more about how PP will "moderate" once he's in power.
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Bump, because old Sajjan was blaming racism for the story around him sending Canadian Forces members and equipment to rescue Sikh's that had nothing to do with Canada and effected our ability to get Interpreters and embassy members out of Afghanistan.
The new reveal makes this post you did back in 2022 about Canadian Forces interpreters being deliberately abandoned even sadder in perspective. I'd make a sarcastic note, but frankly Canadians who voted for Liberals had already accepted this.
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“In our conversation today you suggested we shouldn’t be so involved and should step back and ‘let the professionals in the Ministries’ handle it, or something to that effect,” Powlowski wrote in a post-call email to Valois.
He wrote he took offence to Valois’ accusations that his office was impeding government efforts in Kabul, adding that confidence in Canada was quickly waning among those our country would eventually leave behind.
The new reveal makes this post you did back in 2022 about Canadian Forces interpreters being deliberately abandoned even sadder in perspective. I'd make a sarcastic note, but frankly Canadians who voted for Liberals had already accepted this.
What's sad and aggravating at the same time, is that this rescue of the Sikh's was literally done for money. On top of that while Interpreters were trying to get paperwork to get through Taliban check points, and finding it impossible to do so, someone took the time to get the paperwork for these people.
Sajjan is a special kind of crook, and if we talk abot foreign influenced politicians it feels like he's one of them.
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Trudeau has decided to skip the Calgary Stampede this year for the first time since becoming leader of the Liberals and is not going to be attending a fundraising event in Calgary. Things must be getting really grim for him.
Of him coming to Calgary? There probably is no point considering he doesn't give a #### about this part of the country but at least he has tried to fake it over the last ten plus years.
That's dramatic. He knows he has lost Calgary - even though he gave the city a new pipeline. I probably wouldn't show up either, Stampede is Jeff country.
Trudeau knows he isn't welcome in Alberta and he needs to spend his time focusing on Ontario and Quebec. Why come if he doesn't want to and most of the province, including the premiere, don't want him there?
That's dramatic. He knows he has lost Calgary - even though he gave the city a new pipeline. I probably wouldn't show up either, Stampede is Jeff country.
That’s not really a good reason though. It accepts the transactional nature of politics. We should hold our politicians to a higher standard.
Trudeau has been here all the years but the two Covid years. Harper was here every year. Trudeau senior was parade Marshall twice St Laurent in 1950 was also parade Marshall. So for Trudeau to just not come without another commitment should be looked at as a snub and shouldn’t be just dismissed as strategic campaigning.
He should be trying to build bridges.
Some of the best PM photos have come from stampede. Who can forget Chrétien wears denim or Harper wears leather.
There's nothing strategic about going into the deepest part of the hornets nest, especially when you know you're not going to be a beekeeper much longer.
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Definitely dislike Trudeau, but why bother building a bridge when Smith will be soaking it in gasoline and lighting it as he does? And he doesn't really want to anyway.
It's like when the protest was in Ottawa and so many people were upset that he wouldn't come outside and just talk to the people who were talking about stringing him up. What would be the point?
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That’s not really a good reason though. It accepts the transactional nature of politics. We should hold our politicians to a higher standard.
Trudeau has been here all the years but the two Covid years. Harper was here every year. Trudeau senior was parade Marshall twice St Laurent in 1950 was also parade Marshall. So for Trudeau to just not come without another commitment should be looked at as a snub and shouldn’t be just dismissed as strategic campaigning.
He should be trying to build bridges.
Him flipping some pancakes and putting on a fake smile with some fake handshakes isn't going to change a single vote or opinion about him. With the amount of vitriol the guy gets, especially in a place like Alberta, the hatred is so over the top stupid that I wouldn't show up either. It's a photo op, it's not something he needs to be at.
Him flipping some pancakes and putting on a fake smile with some fake handshakes isn't going to change a single vote or opinion about him. With the amount of vitriol the guy gets, especially in a place like Alberta, the hatred is so over the top stupid that I wouldn't show up either. It's a photo op, it's not something he needs to be at.
Making it a cynical photo op is the problem. It’s attending one of Canadas biggest cultural events. It’s part of the job. Let kids get served some pancakes by the PM.
He was polling more or less the same a year ago in Alberta in that +40 or so range so it’s not like he’s gotten more hated.
Last year people were respectful of him.
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The reason why politicians come to the Stampede is because of the size and scope of it in Canada. It's a massive event and it draws politicians of all stripes here to show support, get onto the bbq circuit and pretend to listen to Canadians and their concerns.
Do I care he isn't coming? No. I understand he isn't popular here in Alberta and that is fine but I do think an attempt should be made. Having a schedule conflict with perhaps more important matters is one thing, having a PMO schedule of private meetings in Ottawa is another.
I don't think he cares much for prairie provinces and that is fine but I do think a lot of people aren't buying what he has been selling for a long time now and it's really showing.
There's nothing strategic about going into the deepest part of the hornets nest, especially when you know you're not going to be a beekeeper much longer.
You mean aside from the fact he’s still the prime minister of the entire country?
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