Mr. Speaker, to those who know what is at stake with the nuclear Iran and to the Iranian people, they should remember who they are; not the hunted, the lion; not the silenced, but the rising sun. The time has come, fierce in spirit and brilliant in purpose, to reclaim their homeland and fulfill the ancient promise of Cyrus and the legacy of civilization over barbarism.
Let this be the hour when the prison doors close, tyranny falls and freedom takes root: a free Iran, a proud nation restored and, with it, the hope for a more peaceful region led by its most resilient people. Do not let Canada's moral equivocation and a foreign minister speaking out of both sides of her mouth embolden the regime, a regime that has crushed dissent and policewomen's bodies, arrested without cause, executed at scale, erased gay rights and terrorized the world for more than 40 years.
The biggest state sponsor of terror killed 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents. It has a former Liberal justice minister under 24-hour protection and intimidates our own people. The next time the foreign minister speaks, I hope she remembers that.