Justin Trudeau won’t say if Canada will designate the IRGC a terrorist organization
A Global News investigation has found evidence that Canada has become a safe haven for affiliates of the Islamic Republic of Iran who are allegedly threatening the lives of Iranian Canadians, and other dissidents in this country.
Critics of the regime are renewing their calls for the Canadian government to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
During an appearance in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, Global News asked Trudeau if Canada would make that designation, just like the United States did in 2019.
“We continue to watch and make sure we’re able to do everything we can that is responsible against the impact of the IRGC,” Trudeau said Tuesday.
“As I have said many many times, the Iranian regime responsible for the shooting down of PS752, killing of its own citizens and killing of Canadian citizens, its sponsorship of terror around the world, means that we will continue to do everything necessary, both to hold that regime to account, to limit its impact around the world and to protect Canadians.”
The IRGC is the regime’s powerful paramilitary organization that is behind many human rights violations in Iran.
On Jan. 8, 2020, the IRGC shot down Ukraine Airlines flight 752 over Tehran, with two surface-to-air missiles.
It killed all 176 people on board, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.
Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have said they will refer Iran to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the incident.
The investigation on Global News’ current affairs program The New Reality this weekend reported an alarming number of regime affiliates are allegedly living and operating in Canada.
Ramin Joubin is a B.C. immigration lawyer who has been
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