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House Hansard - 239

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 25, 2023 02:00PM
  • Oct/25/23 3:17:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have taken, and will continue to take, significant actions to hold the murderous regime in Tehran to account. We continue to recognize them as supporters of terrorism around the world. We continue to take more tools in terms of doing that. All options, as always, are on the table. We need to make sure we are doing it in a way that protects Canadians, including Canadians of Iranian descent, and also military members in CAF serving around the world. We will continue to do the right things to keep all Canadians safe and hold the Iranian regime to account.
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  • Oct/25/23 3:19:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the Leader of the Opposition should know, the Americans have a very different regime from us when it comes to banning various organizations. We continue to have all options on the table, as we have said. We continue to do everything necessary to hold this murderous Iranian regime to account. We will continue to move forward with measures to do just that.
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  • Oct/25/23 3:20:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will continue to do everything we can to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its actions. Our actions have included having sanctioned hundreds, over 368, in fact, of Iranian individuals and entities, including the IRGC Quds Force, and we are listing the regime under the most powerful provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. We are, of course, working on a way to recognize the regime to continue to be what it is, which is a regime that spreads terror. We are working to find a way that does not unfairly affect those who may have an association with the IRGC through no choice of their own or puts at risk members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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  • Oct/25/23 3:22:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no one in this House disagrees that the Iranian regime is murderous, is a sponsor of terror and is bloodthirsty against people around the world and, indeed, against its own citizens. I remember well having held in my arms families of the victims of PS752, broken-hearted because of what this murderous regime is capable of doing against its own citizens, let alone against citizens around the world. That is why we have continued to pursue every available means to hold the Iranian regime to account, to support people fighting for freedom in their country and to support Iranian Canadians. We will continue to do just that. Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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