HoFe6971

[HoFe6971 @Hofe6971]

We call for clear, written guidelines for IRCC and CBSA to ensure that mandatory Iranian conscripts are not automatically treated as voluntary IRGC members.

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[UnheardConscripts @UCAN_Advocacy]

On the Borderlines podcast, MP Garnett Genuis discussed the consequences of mandatory Iranian conscription and why Bill C-350 offers a legislative path forward.

Listing the IRGC as a terrorist organization was an important step toward accountability. But accountability loses its purpose when blanket policies fail to distinguish between perpetrators and victims of the same regime. Canada's commitment to holding the IRGC accountable must go hand in hand with protecting people who were forced to serve.

Bill C-350 proposes a targeted amendment to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: a person would not be deemed a member of an organization solely because they were required to complete mandatory service, provided they did not serve beyond that mandatory period or engage in specified acts.

This is not blanket immunity. It is a way to distinguish compulsory service from voluntary membership while maintaining safeguards against those who engaged in wrongdoing.

The proposed amendment is on the table. The question is whether the government will put partisan differences aside and act in the interest of affected families, or allow more people to endure years of avoidable hardship.

Conscription ≠ membership.

Special thanks to @smeurrens and @GarnettGenuis for keeping this issue in the spotlight and ensuring that the concerns of former Iranian conscripts and their families are not forgotten.

@MarkJCarney @gary_srp @LenaMetlegeDiab @AliEhsassi @pfragiskatos @jacquesramsaypl @SameerZuberi @PierrePoilievre @MelissaLantsman @vincentneilho @CostasMenegakis @MichelleRempel
#ConscriptAreNotMembers

[Mostafa @Mostafadlie]

@Erimoon95 @wontbudg @AliEhsassi @JulieDzerowicz @PierrePoilievre @MarkJCarney @MichelleRempel @gary_srp @LenaMetlegeDiab Canada must issue clear, official guidelines for IRCC and CBSA to distinguish mandatory military conscription from voluntary IRGC membership.

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Hamed @HSeify54638]

@MarkJCarney Compulsory service is not membership. Issue clear guidelines to distinguish Iranian conscripts from willing IRGC members.
@AliEhsassi @JulieDzerowicz
@PierrePoilievre @MarkJCarney @MichelleRempel @gary_srp @LenaMetlegeDiab @jacquesramsaypl @amansodhilib
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[wontbudge @wontbudg]

💔 In the last few years, thousands of protesters were killed in Iran's streets. Many young people were arrested, tortured, and some were executed.

Women who protested are seen as enemies of the regime.

Sending us back because of forced service their husband completed many years ago, a choice neither of them ever made, means facing arrest, prison, and even the risk of the death penalty.

@LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis
@pfragiskatos @SameerZuberi @jeneroux @jyduclos @FrankCaputoKTN @jacquesramsaypl @AHousefather @DaneLloydMP @BlakeRichardsMP

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForIranianConscripts

[wontbudge @wontbudg]

🚨 In Iran, a woman can be arrested for showing her hair.

Morality police patrol the streets. Women are stopped, beaten, detained and fined for "improper hijab." Mahsa Amini died in their custody in 2022 for exactly this.

Now Canada wants to send women like me back there because our husbands completed forced service years ago.

@LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis @pfragiskatos @SameerZuberi @jeneroux @jyduclos @FrankCaputoKTN @jacquesramsaypl @AHousefather @DaneLloydMP @BlakeRichardsMP

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForIranianConscripts

[wontbudge @wontbudg]

Canada can be tough on the IRGC without treating forced conscripts like members. National security and fairness can coexist.
@AliEhsassi @vincentneilho @GarnettGenuis @Rob_Oliphant @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis @MelissaLantsman @jacquesramsaypl @KevinVuongxMP @SameerZuberi @MarcDalton @pfragiskatos @Roman_Baber @annamgainey @PatrickBWeiler @TeamKerzner

@FrankCaputoKTN @viraniarif @RonMcKinnonLib @MPRandyHoback @HonEdFast @jacquesramsaypl @tomkmiec

@DeanAllisonMP @jasrajshallan @coteau @sergecormierlib @ConnieCodyMP @Braedon_Clark @SandraCobena_ @SuVe4Madurai @smeurrens @kshahrooz @scoopercooper @StewGlobal @NegarMojtahedi @ShaunChenTO @shuvmajumdar @maggiechidvn @AndrewScheer @AnitaAnandMP @kinsellawarren @esmaeilion

@PierrePoilievre @MarkJCarney @MichelleRempel @gary_srp @LenaMetlegeDiab @jacquesramsaypl
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForIranianConscripts

[Banoo @Banoo_K2585]

@Melikao2ax @kshahrooz @MarkJCarney @LenaMetlegeDiab Mandatory conscripts are fundamentally different from voluntary IRGC members.#ConscriptAreNotMembers
@PierrePoilievre
@LenaMetlegeDiab
@MichelleRempel
@GarnettGenuis
@JulieDzerowicz
@MarkJCarney
@pfragiskatos
@SalmaZahid15
@SameerZuberi
@amansodhilib
@BradRedekopp
@freddaviescpc

[Mohsen @MohsenM8019]

@UCAN_Advocacy @AnitaAnandMP Agree with @UCAN_Advocacy
Forced conscripts who fled the Iranian regime and now oppose it are not the enemy. Focus resources on actual foreign interference, not punishing people for mandatory service years ago.
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers @YasirNaqviCDN @LenaMetlegeDiab @AliEhsassi

[yazdan jahan @JahanYazdan]

Dear IRCC and CBSA,

Please distinguish between those who voluntarily joined the IRGC and those compelled to complete mandatory military service.

Investigating genuine threats matters. So does protecting innocent people from unfair assumptions.

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Matthew @Mehdi60sh]

A young Iranian forced into military conscription did not choose the IRGC, its ideology, or its actions. Canada must distinguish compulsory assignment from voluntary membership. Justice requires examining individual circumstances. #ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[narges @narges35466935]

@Melissatajbakhs We call for clear, written guidelines for IRCC and CBSA to ensure that mandatory Iranian conscripts are not automatically treated as voluntary IRGC members.

@AliEhsassi @vincentneilho @GarnettGenuis @Rob_Oliphant @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Ash @CandianMindset]

@KaveAhangar92 @AliEhsassi @JulieDzerowicz @PierrePoilievre who you are talking?@AliEhsassi, by repeatedly using the phrase “case by case,” you are making a mockery of the situation. You know exactly what a mess you’ve created, and now you’re simply buying time to evade responsibility for the catastrophic consequences.

[Melina @Melinau33m]

@FreedomA722 @Hofe6971 @shafqatalimp Compulsory service does not prove loyalty to a regime. Assess former Iranian conscripts by their actions and individual circumstances. @JulieDzerowicz @amansodhilib @MichelleRempel @gary_srp @LenaMetlegeDiab @jacquesramsaypl #ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Banoo @Banoo_K2585]

@BabakNi2584 @DeanAllisonMP @jasrajshallan @coteau @sergecormierlib @ConnieCodyMP Mandatory conscripts are fundamentally different from voluntary IRGC members.#ConscriptAreNotMembers
@PierrePoilievre
@LenaMetlegeDiab
@MichelleRempel
@GarnettGenuis
@JulieDzerowicz
@MarkJCarney
@pfragiskatos
@SalmaZahid15
@SameerZuberi
@amansodhilib
@BradRedekopp
@freddaviescpc

[Matthew @Mehdi60sh]

Canada can take a strong stand against the IRGC while protecting victims of forced conscription. These goals are not contradictory. Assess actual duties, conduct, and individual circumstances, not compulsory assignment alone. #ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Aminb8382 @Pahlavi_is_MIGA]

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[Babak @BabakNi2584]

Our request to the Government of Canada is clear: Issue formal, transparent guidelines for IRCC and CBSA that distinguish compulsory Iranian conscription involving the IRGC from voluntary membership. @DeanAllisonMP @jasrajshallan @coteau @sergecormierlib @ConnieCodyMP @Braedon_Clark @SandraCobena_ @SuVe4Madurai @smeurrens @kshahrooz @scoopercooper @StewGlobal @NegarMojtahedi @ShaunChenTO @shuvmajumdar @maggiechidvn @AndrewScheer @AnitaAnandMP @kinsellawarren @esmaeilion @Sameerzuberi‌‌ @AliEhsassi @vincentneilho @GarnettGenuis @Rob_Oliphant @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis @MelissaLantsman @jacquesramsaypl @KevinVuongxMP @MarcDalton @pfragiskatos @Roman_Baber @annamgainey @PatrickBWeiler @TeamKerzner @mpziad @daveeppckl #ConscriptsAreNotMembers #ConscriptsAreNotMembers

[wontbudge @wontbudg]

⚖️ Wives are being punished too.

Our husbands were forced into service by law, years before we came to Canada. We had no part in it. Yet our families now face removal to a country where we have been beaten, threatened and silenced.

Women who oppose the regime should be protected, not deported into its hands.

@LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis @pfragiskatos @SameerZuberi @jeneroux @jyduclos @FrankCaputoKTN @jacquesramsaypl @AHousefather @DaneLloydMP @BlakeRichardsMP

#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForIranianConscripts

[Babak @BabakNi2584]

Canada needs clear, official guidelines for IRCC and CBSA to distinguish compulsory conscription from voluntary membership or cooperation with the IRGC. Being compelled to join an assigned unit is not the same as voluntarily choosing to join or support an organization. Individual circumstances must be carefully assessed.
@DeanAllisonMP @jasrajshallan @coteau @sergecormierlib @ConnieCodyMP @Braedon_Clark @SandraCobena_ @SuVe4Madurai @smeurrens @kshahrooz @scoopercooper @StewGlobal @NegarMojtahedi @ShaunChenTO @shuvmajumdar @maggiechidvn @AndrewScheer @AnitaAnandMP @kinsellawarren @esmaeilion @Sameerzuberi‌‌ @AliEhsassi @vincentneilho @GarnettGenuis @Rob_Oliphant @BradRedekopp @CostasMenegakis @MelissaLantsman @jacquesramsaypl @KevinVuongxMP @MarcDalton @pfragiskatos @Roman_Baber @annamgainey @PatrickBWeiler @TeamKerzner @mpziad @daveeppckl #ConscriptsAreNotMembers