Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister warned at Davos, no more going along to get along.
Then on April 10, Canada went along and got along. Iran, designated as a state sponsor of terror, whose Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a listed terrorist entity in this country, was handed a UN seat shaping programs of women's rights and counterterrorism. Only one country objected, and it was not Canada.
The government's silence on Iran is a vote cast in its favour, no matter what it tells us. This is a regime brutalizing women for removing their hijab, running IRGC operatives in our streets, and fundraising, organizing and terrorizing our own people on our own soil. The Liberals have never had a single position on Iran, only whichever position costs the least.
The record never lies. Delay and silence are a quiet ballot cast for the tyrants. Iran knows it. Every time the Liberals are in the room, the tyrants keep winning.