Barely a week has gone by before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in the news again – and for all the wrong reasons. Trudeau and his Liberal government have been involved in a litany of mistakes, missteps and messes since they took power in 2015. These include previous allegations of the PM wearing blackface, ethics breaches, questionable spending history – and more. And now a new incident this week can be added to the list. This controversy, more than most, seems particularly egregious.
The Globe and Mail’s blistering story alleged that then-National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canada’s Armed Forces to focus on rescuing about 225 Sikhs in Afghanistan during the 2021 fall of Kabul. Three military officials told reporters Robert Fife and Steven Chase that this particular operation ‘took resources away from getting Canadian citizens and Afghans linked to Canada on final evacuation flights out of Kabul’. While the Afghan Sikhs weren’t considered an ‘operational priority for the Canadian military as they had no link to Canada’, Sajjan reportedly relayed them with pertinent details like their location.
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