Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was going to speak on the motion as well, but I will speak on the amendment. I have concerns with it, because I think this amendment demands more attention. I think for our committee to now seriously take this motion and take it to the House requires that we understand all the implications of it, which I'm not sure even I do, having studied it.
I want to know what effect this sanctioning.... It's more than sanctioning; I want to know what effect this listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would have on citizens in Canada who have had military experience with Iran and now have lived in Canada for some time. I would want to know what impact it has on the reality of the situation and whether or not it actually will help in the current context of what is going on. I'd like to have more information and more context.
As people in this room know, we don't have a mission now in Tehran. That was closed by a previous government, which we have understood as an important closure. Diplomatic relations with Iran are now very difficult for us, and it's very difficult to understand exactly what's happening on the ground in Iran. We are working with allies and like-minded people to understand the very difficult situation with activities going on in dozens of communities around Iran in response to Ms. Amini's death as well as the death of a few dozen other protesters who have been in solidarity with her.
I think it's really important for us to take this very seriously and I think I would like to sleep on it. Even though I believe the motion that Ms. Bendayan has put forward is critically important, I would move at this time that we adjourn debate on the amendment.