Conservatives want foreign interference inquiry to probe Iranian influence
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The Conservative Party has formally requested the public inquiry into foreign interference zero in on Iranian influence in Canada.
The Conservative Party has formally requested the public inquiry into foreign interference zero in on Iranian influence in Canada.
“We want the commission to follow the evidence and make sure that we hear specifically from those repressed Iranian voices here,” said Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman on Wednesday.
A day earlier, Conservative party lawyer Nando De Luca sent a letter to Commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue asking that the commission “expressly include the Iranian regime and its campaign of intimidation, repression and interference in the focus of its work.”
“Iranian foreign interference is an active, present threat in Canada,” he wrote.
The request comes as concerns deepen about Iran’s campaign of intimidation across North America.
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