Some members of Parliament say more should be done to counter the Iranian regime after a media report said Tehran allegedly plotted to assassinate former justice minister Irwin Cotler.
Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman said Canada’s decision not to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) earlier on allowed the group to prepare its attack on Cotler.
“The IRGC used that time to set up the infrastructure that is being used today — they planned to assassinate a former [attorney general],” Lantsman said on social media platform X.
Ottawa listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity in June. This Iranian defence and security organization is responsible for safeguarding the regime and controls swathes of the country’s economy. Its expeditionary arm, the Quds Force, outlawed by Canada since 2012, is responsible for planning attacks abroad and supporting proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza….