Getting Canadian aid to Afghanistan can only happen with Criminal Code changes: officials – National | 24CA News
Federal authorities officers say Parliament would want to amend the Criminal Code for Canadian humanitarians to be allowed to assist in Afghanistan.
Senior public servants informed the Senate human-rights committee Monday night that they’ve spent a 12 months attempting to see if there may be any workaround in Canada’s anti-terrorism legal guidelines.
Those legal guidelines forbid Canadians from buying items in Afghanistan or hiring locals, as taxes paid to the Taliban is perhaps thought of contributions to a terror group, regardless of humanitarian crises in that nation.
Other western nations amended their legal guidelines or issued exemptions for assist teams so long as a 12 months in the past, however officers testified that Canada’s legal guidelines are outdated and supply little wiggle room.
Constitutional attorneys have argued the present legal guidelines are contradictory and wouldn’t have assist employees despatched to jail.
But the officers say a choose would want to rule on that, almost certainly after an assist employee is charged with a prison offence.
