Committees of the House   human rights. Iran is still a member of the United Nations and it approved the charter and articles under the United Nations, which includes respecting human rights. The final thing that is missing is that the organization called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has not been

Committees of the House   against the Iranian people. In its report, Amnesty International says the following: Iran was rocked by an unprecedented popular uprising against the Islamic Republic system. Security forces unlawfully fired live ammunition and metal pellets to crush protests, killing hundreds of men

Committees of the House  , intimidation and death threats from operatives of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We have seen it interfere with our politics. We are having this discussion right now about the foreign interference by the People's Republic of China, by the Communist regime in Beijing, influencing

Committees of the House   that, as we talk about the tragedy of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 by the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it is a tragedy that has touched so many Canadians. I know that, although this happened a number of years ago, the impacts have reached far

Criminal Code  . The House of Commons passed a motion unanimously in 2018 recognizing the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, as a terrorist entity. If the Government of Canada would finally list it as a terrorist organization, we could also make sure it could not raise money here

Criminal Code   that are working hard to get assistance to the most vulnerable people around the world are coming from some kind of a faith-informed humanitarian motivation. These are Christian organizations like World Vision or Foodgrains Bank and Muslim organizations like Islamic Relief. For many people

Criminal Code   for millions of Afghans living under the Taliban regime. Groups like Islamic Relief, World Vision, Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Red Cross, CARE Canada and so many others are ready to provide aid to some of the world’s most vulnerable, but they need us to act. In 2019, The Asia

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   it gives a further lifeline to the Islamic regime in Tehran. It removes a particular sort of threat. This regional rivalry with Saudi Arabia was a particular threat to the Islamic regime, so the Iranian regime will likely be empowered as a result of it. Furthermore, Iran

Committees of the House   met with an alt-right MP, Christine Anderson, from a foreign government. She came to this country spouting anti-Islamic rhetoric, denying the Holocaust and glorifying Nazis. If the member actually does not support even one Canadian being influenced by foreign interference, will he

Foreign Affairs  Madam Speaker, our government is committed to holding Iran accountable for its shameless disregard for human rights and the regime's support for terrorism. I would like to emphasize the robust measures that Canada has in place against Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  , the punishment for women’s acts that are deemed offensive to public decency includes 10 days to two months of imprisonment or 74 lashes under article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code. Canada must condemn these laws and regulations that deny women access to public institutions, and here I mean

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of people here in Canada. In the town of Richmond Hill, we had a protest where 50,000 people came out. That was the police estimate. You don't get 50,000 Canadians coming out for very many things, but we had 50,000 people coming out to say that they reject the Islamic Republic

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for inviting the Humanitarian Coalition to attend this meeting and discuss the urgent situation in Turkey and Syria as well as Canada's response to the crisis. I'm happy to see two of our members, Islamic Relief Canada

Procedure and House Affairs committee   of the Opposition be public and firm about members who dined with Christine Anderson. As a member of Parliament who represents a predominantly Jewish community, I find abhorrent and offensive, as do members of the Muslim community, her anti-Islam views, her Holocaust denial views and her lack

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of 5,381 signatories, who call to the attention of the government the atrocities that are happening in Iran. Specifically, they are calling on the government to declare the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps