Borderlines Podcast #235 - IRGC Conscripts Face Deportation. @hq_cpc MP @GarnettGenuis has a Solution.
Canada designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization in 2024. But what happens to people who were forced to serve in the IRGC through mandatory military conscription, committed no crimes, and later immigrated to Canada?
We are joined by Conservative Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis to discuss the growing immigration crisis facing former IRGC conscripts and their families. In 2023, Genuis introduced Bill C-350, which proposed amending Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to distinguish between individuals who voluntarily joined terrorist organizations and those who were forcibly conscripted.
The proposed amendment would protect individuals who completed only their mandatory service, did not remain voluntarily, and did not participate in terrorism, espionage, or subversion. Despite the subsequent designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization, this proposed legislative solution was never adopted. The discussion explores why the government has not acted, the consequences of Canada's current inadmissibility framework, the limitations of judicial review and humanitarian relief, and what affected individuals can do to advocate for legislative reform.
https://t.co/p4eni2JlAo
Borderlines Podcast #235 - IRGC Conscripts Face Deportation. @hq_cpc MP @GarnettGenuis has a Solution.
Canada designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization in 2024. But what happens to people who were forced to serve in the IRGC through mandatory military conscription, committed no crimes, and later immigrated to Canada?
We are joined by Conservative Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis to discuss the growing immigration crisis facing former IRGC conscripts and their families. In 2023, Genuis introduced Bill C-350, which proposed amending Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to distinguish between individuals who voluntarily joined terrorist organizations and those who were forcibly conscripted.
The proposed amendment would protect individuals who completed only their mandatory service, did not remain voluntarily, and did not participate in terrorism, espionage, or subversion. Despite the subsequent designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization, this proposed legislative solution was never adopted. The discussion explores why the government has not acted, the consequences of Canada's current inadmissibility framework, the limitations of judicial review and humanitarian relief, and what affected individuals can do to advocate for legislative reform.
https://t.co/p4eni2JlAo
Most conscripts in Iran spend their time serving tea, sweeping floors, or guarding doors. Treating regular 18 year olds doing basic chores like dangerous regime members makes zero sense.
#JusticeForIranianConscripts#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Western countries say they stand with the Iranian people, but then turn around and punish young men for compulsory service forced on them by the regime. Hurting victims while claiming to support them makes zero sense.
#JusticeForIranianConscripts#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
Happy Thansgiving @AliEhsassi
While families across Canada celebrate Thanksgiving, some are living in fear, stress, and uncertainty.
They spent years studying, working, paying taxes, and building their lives here. Now, their futures are at risk because of mandatory military service they never chose. You promised
You promised to help these families from your own community. As an Iranian-Canadian, I am asking you to stand by that promise and help these families.
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForConscripts