QUESTION PERIOD — Global Affairs
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
March 9, 2026
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate.
Canada’s reputation as a safe haven for terrorists from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has grown. For the past decade, the Liberal government has dragged its feet on designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization and now continues to drag its feet on dismantling the networks of their agents operating on Canadian soil. Even our allies’ intelligence reports warn that Canada is now viewed as a serious place of “concern” for Iranian regime activity, noting that known regime agents and affiliates continue to roam freely throughout Canadian communities.
Government leader, when is the government going to take this breach very seriously, and when is the Canadian government going to expel agents of the IRGC, who are active, doing business and interfering right here in our own country?
The government takes all allegations of terrorist financing extremely seriously. Canada designated the Islamic Republic of Iran as a regime that has engaged in terrorism and systemic gross human-rights violations. As a result, thousands of senior Iranian government officials, including top IRGC members, are inadmissible to Canada, and may be investigated and removed if they are already in Canada.
Canada is also committed to screening all military-aged men coming from Iran to ensure that IRGC members or regime-affiliated individuals do not obscure their military service history. As of February 5, 2026, the Canada Border Services Agency has reviewed 17,800 applications for potential admittance inadmissibility —
Thank you, Senator Moreau.
Government leader, for years now the government has been ignoring warnings from the Iranian diaspora right here in Canada. Also, Canadians expect their government to defend our sovereignty and protect them from being targeted by the Iranian regime. We had a public inquiry just a year ago, and the government refused to expand the scope of that inquiry to include Iran and the IRGC.
Will you commit to Canadians today that your government will not merely investigate but immediately clearly identify all these IRGC terrorists and expel them from Canada?
To expel them, we must investigate them first. Additionally, Iranian nationals must apply for visas to come to Canada, and these applicants are carefully assessed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC. This includes Iranian nationals seeking visa extensions.
I said earlier that we have opened over 170 investigations and cancelled over 235 visas related to the Iranian regime. The government is taking that question very seriously.
