QUESTION PERIOD — Public Safety
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
October 6, 2026
Government leader, this week, Iranian advocates and survivors are once again brought to Parliament Hill and are demanding action that this government promised but has never delivered. Iranian Canadians who fled IRGC atrocities in Iran still endure harassment, threats and surveillance right here on Canadian soil. It took the Liberal government years of begging to finally list the IRGC as a terrorist entity. Today, we see the same shameful action on enforcement. Out of hundreds of known agents currently in Canada, only one single deportation of an IRGC agent has been confirmed.
Why does your government continue to allow IRGC operatives to use Canada as a safe haven in order to launder money? Canada is not a Super 8 hotel.
No, and I agree with you. Canada is not a haven for terrorists, terrorist groups or for anybody who wants to harm or interfere with the security of any Canadian, may they be originally from Iran, but that’s not the case. The government takes very seriously its commitment to ensuring that our borders are safe and that proper investigations are made. Whenever criminal activity or something illegal has been committed, those cases are treated as a priority for the government.
That being said, we live in a society that obeys the rule of law. We have due process, and those processes are respected by the government, but we are acting on the safety of all Canadians.
Government leader, you must admit that there has been a systemic failure on the part of this government to recognize foreign interference. Look how long it took this legislation to pass the House and the Senate. An IRGC terrorist designation without enforcement and a foreign registry without compliance — the government is basically not fulfilling its obligations in terms of foreign interference and transnational repression here on Canadian soil.
Very simply, why isn’t the government taking IRGC members who are living in Canada seriously and booting them out of this country once and for all?
As you’re well aware, Senator Housakos, the government is moving forward with the foreign influence transparency registry. This registry is led by Commissioner Anton Boegman, whom we received in this chamber. The government has full confidence in the RCMP and CSIS, which play a crucial role in protecting the safety, security and prosperity of Canadians and Canada amid an increasingly complex national security threat environment.
