After initially telling former language and cultural advisers who worked alongside the Canadian military during the Afghan war that they do not qualify for post-traumatic stress benefits, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) agreed Thursday to take a second look at the cases of at least half a dozen men.
After CBC News did a series of stories in 2019 about their plight and the Canadian Forces ombudsman took up their cause, DND shuffled them to the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board .
When he signed up almost two decades ago, Jamalzadah said, he was assured he would be taken care of by the government should anything happen to him. CBC News asked both DND and the WSIB for comment. In response, the workplace injury board abruptly changed course.Jeffery Lang, president and chief executive of the WSIB, said in a media statement that the files of Afghan language and cultural advisers who were denied benefits will now get a second look.
Lang said the board will be in touch with each of the individuals to discuss the review process in more detail. Jamal Jushan served multiple tours as an adviser with the Canadian Forces between 2006 and 2011 and began treatment for PTSD while still in Kandahar. He said he was angry with the WSIB decision because the case worker was not a doctor.
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