OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so.
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so.
That was not the first time the Commons voted in favour of listing the group: the Opposition Tories pointed out Wednesday that a Conservative motion also passed in 2018, and called the delay unacceptable. The Liberals have said in the past that listing the group as a terrorist entity could affect a number of people who had no choice but to be drafted into the organization.
"It's a deliberative process, it's a threshold that has to be met under the Criminal Code of Canada."Iran shot down a Ukrainian Airlines plane in early 2020, killing all on board, including 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The families of those who died have been calling for the government to list the IRGC as a terrorist entity.
She also said the decision means there is a heightened risk for Canadians that they could be arbitrarily detained in Iran. "People would need to be sending money that they would be knowing where it is going, and intending that it be used for the support of the terrorist activity in question," he said.
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