Canada inches closer to designating IRGC as a terrorist entity

The Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday unanimously adopted a report to designate Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist entity and expel about 700 Iranian agents operating in Canada, Report informs via Iran International.

The constitutional weight of the adoption of the report cannot be exaggerated for it is non-binding for the government and the government could very well never re-introduce any bill for its implementation. Politically, however, the unanimous adoption of the report marks a step forward in Canada’s sluggish progress to designate IRGC as a terrorist entity.

The burning question is whether the next step to tackle the IRGC and its active measures operatives in Canada will transpire in the form of both actionable legislation and action on behalf of the Canadian RCMP, CSIS, and Canada’s financial crime and FATF enforcement institutions. Indeed, Canada-Iran relations have gone through four distinct periods since 2012.