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The Liberal government has approved a request by Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to grandfather the hardship and risk levels for the locations of Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait for Canadian military members currently deployed on Operation IMPACT.

Last year, the Departmental Hardship and Risk Committee (DHRC), responsible for assessing hardship and risk on Canadian military deployed operations, determined that the levels were lower for Arifjan and Ali Al Salem as a result of a lower risk to military members, according to the Department of National Defence.

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As a result of the government’s decision to approve Sajjan’s request, all Canadian military members who were in those regions when the decisions were made to reduce hardship and risk levels will not see their levels drop for the duration of their deployment.

Those in Ali Al Salem will have their tax-exempt status extended until August 16, 2017 and those in Arifjan will have their tax-exempt status extended until December 18, 2016 instead of September 1, 2016.], according to the DND news release.