Two months and three months.... It was four months for James Akam back in 2015-16 when there was no politics, when I spoke to Minister McCallum about an interpreter who had been left behind and who had the military vouching for him. He was here in four months because there was no politics.
After that, under Minister Hussen, for Karim Amiri, it was no; Rohuddin Zia, no; Alam Kham, no; Niaz Mohammed, no; Mohammed Wardak, no.
Before the fall of Afghanistan in August, James Bezan and several other members of Parliament—on all sides—and I had been trying for seven years to bring in people.
Do you know how many are eligible based on the criteria from 2009-11, that one year of service and some sort of recommendation? I'm just talking about the interpreters or contractors. Their families should come with them. I told Mr. McCallum that there were several hundred a few years ago. That would make several thousand with families and extended....
We've had seven years to do this. How many do you know who are eligible right now and who we could bring to Canada?