Canadian Heritage committee  I deal with these cases usually on a personal basis. We have, as much as we could, directed individuals. We research and we talk to them and to these financial regulators. There's another one as well, but unfortunately, it doesn't come to mind. There are two main financial regula

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. We're in the process of creating a report out of the survey that we have. Once that report comes out, we'd love to send it to you. Right now it's an internal kind of survey. The results have come in, but we haven't put it into presentation format yet. Once we do, we'd love

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of people's individual experiences, to be honest, that's not something we've come across. Really what we're looking at is the different generations of Iranian Canadians and Iranian immigrants. In the case of the original Iranian immigrants, the first wave, you're comple

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand.

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand what you're saying, but first you should know there are a lot of organizations, Iranian and otherwise, that deal with those issues. Our organization's focus is on Iranian Canadians' lives here in Canada. We are a diaspora. We are immigrants. We are Canadians, really.

Canadian Heritage committee  The way we see it is that it is what's going on there and how it's affecting the majority of the population. You mentioned human rights violations, but there are observers who say that sanctions are human rights violations on a grander scale, on a huge scale, in Iran. The differe

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. A big part is the education of youth, I believe. I have gone through the Canadian public school system. We need to show our children the contributions of Irish Canadians, of newcomers, of others to the Canadian fabric and to Canadian economic, social,

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll be honest with you: I'm not that familiar. Maybe Soudeh can answer. You're talking about other countries and their models, if I'm understanding you correctly.

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you mean in terms of non-governmental organizations and what they're doing?

Canadian Heritage committee  I think part of the issue right now is that the funding is very low. I believe it's at about $5 million or less that's dedicated to this kind of work, which we think is not enough. Unfortunately, that means there are probably not a lot of positive examples we can look at. I wou

Canadian Heritage committee  Our policy is that we are an Iranian-Canadian organization. We deal with Canadian politics. A lot of us, including me, are not in Iran. I haven't spent a lot of time there.

Canadian Heritage committee  When it comes to it, our interests are for Iranian Canadians and their experiences. When an Iranian Canadian goes to Iran and is arrested, for whatever reason, we're very active in advocating on behalf of those individuals. In terms of getting into the politics of what's happeni

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll try to answer.

Canadian Heritage committee  There was a lot covered in that. Firstly, we agree that the term “Islamophobia” is useful, whether or not what it means gets a little abstract. In terms of Iran, you mentioned human rights. Every country has its problems. Mr. Reid put it very well. Regardless of what the actual

Canadian Heritage committee  Definitely. It definitely goes along with the text of motion M-103, which actually advocates an all-of-government approach. We think all government policy should be looked at in terms of how it especially affects disadvantaged or marginalized or new communities in Canada. We sa