One question for Canadian lawmakers:
Should a decision made under coercion decades ago outweigh years of peaceful life, community contributions, and family ties in Canada?
Bring back the protections proposed in Bill C-350.
#BillC350#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Conscription in Iran is free labour,no matter the organization
Conscripts do menial tasks
If you have no connections to power, you must go through it
To take those with no connection as terrorists is diabolical!
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers@MelissaLantsman@jacquesramsaypl@mpziad
Iran requires military service from all men and assigns units without choice. Refusing brings detention. Treating that forced period as voluntary IRGC membership ignores the basic facts. #ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Iranian guys get sent to the middle of nowhere and paid almost nothing during compulsory service. They just survived two years of forced labor, so holding it against them years later makes zero sense.
#JusticeForIranianConscripts#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Mandatory service and voluntary affiliation are different circumstances. A fair immigration assessment should examine what a person actually did and whether they had a choice.
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Iran requires military service from all men and assigns units without choice. Refusing brings detention. Treating that forced period as voluntary IRGC membership ignores the basic facts. #ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Canada is strongest when its laws are both firm and fair.
We can reject the IRGC, hold wrongdoers accountable, and recognize those subjected to compulsory service.
These principles are not contradictory.
#BillC350#ConscriptsAreNotMembers