Afghan Interpreters abandoned by Canada

“Most of them were always telling us, ‘You guys are lucky. You guys are going to Canada. The Canadian government is starting a process that will get you into Canada in a month!’ “said Sharifi, 23.
He took that as a promise. It’s one Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government hasn’t kept.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced a special visa program two years ago to reward and protect Afghan interpreters who were critical to Canada’s military and aid missions here.
Other Afghans who worked in direct support of the Canadian government in Kandahar province, as well as spouses of any who died because of it, are also eligible for visas under the special program.
Kenney said in September 2009 that he expected “a few hundred” to qualify by the time the program ends this month, as the last Canadian combat troops leave. His ministry estimated applicants would only have to wait an average six months to a year.
But almost two years later, only 60 Afghans have made it to Canada under the special visa program. More than 475 Afghans applied, ministry spokesperson Rachelle Bédard said from Ottawa.

I know most of these interpreters are supporting occupiers of their own country in a calculation that they are doing the best for their families in a poor country. But part of their calculation should have been that they are working for war-mongering, neo-colonialist scumbags.