The federal Liberal government tabled a bill Thursday that would tweak Canada’s terrorism financing laws to allow foreign aid organizations to provide support in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and other terrorism hotspots.
The change comes after Canadian charities and other non-governmental organizations largely suspended their activities in Afghanistan because of the Criminal Code provisions that essentially prohibit them from operating there.
These organizations often have to pay taxes or fees to operate in the country — funding that is now collected by the Taliban, which controls Afghanistan.
Under the current law, these NGOs could be held criminally liable for materially supporting a…