A Palestinian woman in Halifax, N.S., is making an impassioned plea for Ottawa to step up efforts to get people safely out of war-torn Gaza, about 20 months after applying to bring her family to Canada under a temporary visa program.
Najlaa Alzaanin, who hasn’t seen 23 family members since moving to Canada in 2019, is still waiting for news on her bid to bring them here under the federal government's special measures program.
“Canada is not fulfilling the promise that they made and they are not helping our families to get to a safer place,” Alzaanin said in an interview.
Her mother, brother and nephew had
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