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THUNDER BAY — Since he was first elected in 2019, Marcus Powlowski has advocated on behalf of Afghans seeking to escape the Taliban regime and find safety in Canada.
Nabizada is said to be among just a handful of women MPs who stayed in the capital after the Taliban seized control in August 2021. In a joint statement, the Liberal MP and an all-party group that includes five other MPs have called on the federal government to move swiftly to extricate the eight female politicians still trapped in Afghanistan.
"We've only been on this issue for the past two or three months. I think the government was looking to help them," he said. "Although it would be nice to see the government acting a lot quicker, I think this is not a long time to expect some action, especially given the fact [Canada] brought in 400,000 people, including at least 20,000 Afghans, and there are a lot of other cases of urgency in trying to help people.
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