Canadian Heritage committee  The question is why...?

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think it's a change; I would say it's more of a stylistic issue. I remember it was used in a very small column. I don't think there's a lot of meaning behind the difference. “Iranophobia” has been used by some, I believe by one scholar, and it has been used before. I'm no

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Really what we're getting at and what I would be getting at with that column—and I don't know if this is still part of the testimony that we've had—what we've tried to come across with here is that the reason we even have a term for “anti-Iranian sentiment” is that we have r

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say it's definitely part of the problem. It would be wrong for us to look at all Americans and paint them with the same brush as we would paint, for example, the president of that country at the moment. I agree that's part of the issue, but another important part of the i

Canadian Heritage committee  We've described some of the policy in the recommendations. Maybe Soudeh wants to go into them, but basically—

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, we think that a review of our Criminal Code legislation is extremely important. I'm sure you've heard that in this committee from other witnesses as well. A lot of experts, legal or otherwise, have pointed to this idea. It is very difficult in Canada to prosecute

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the real specifics would be best left up to the legal experts, but I think on a higher level we really need to make sure that a hate crime can be prosecuted in Canada, that it is actually in our Criminal Code and is very directly addressed. It's very difficult for anyone

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start if you want.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our organization is an advocacy organization. We're not a service provider. We help our community members connect with service providers in some instances, but our main role is to provide advocacy to the government. We've presented in the Senate before. We've presented petitions

Canadian Heritage committee  We have lists and connections with all of these service providers, but really that's not our main role. I didn't want to give that impression. We do this sometimes, but there are plenty of great service providers in our community, and we do not consider ourselves a service provi

Canadian Heritage committee  Would you like me to answer that? Basically, you're completely right. When it comes to explicit, verifiable, recorded instances of employment discrimination or other kinds of discrimination, we do try to direct our community toward the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal or to whateve

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you so much. Madam Chair, honourable members of the committee, I would like to thank you all for inviting us here today to discuss how our government can work to combat racism and discrimination and create a more inclusive Canada. The Iranian Canadian Congress, or ICC, i