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May 6, 2026 cartoon<\/p>\n
The federal government is asking Canadians to accept something that makes no sense.<\/p>\n
A man tied to one of the most dangerous organizations in the world was granted a visa to enter this country. Not a tourist with no history. Not someone with a questionable past buried in paperwork. A former intelligence commander linked to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n
And the explanation from Ottawa is silence.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet claim confidentiality rules prevent them from explaining how this happened. That answer does not hold up. When national security is at stake, the public has a right to know how the system failed.<\/p>\n
This is not a minor administrative error. It cuts to the core of Canada\u2019s credibility on terrorism.<\/p>\n
The IRGC is not an abstract threat. Canada formally recognized that reality years ago. Iran was listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Quds Force was designated a terrorist entity in 2012. In 2024, the entire IRGC was finally classified as a terrorist organization after sustained pressure from opposition voices and activists.<\/p>\n
Those decisions were not symbolic. They were meant to carry consequences.<\/p>\n
People tied to that regime are not supposed to enter this country. If they are here, they are supposed to be removed.<\/p>\n
Yet somehow, a former IRGC intelligence figure received a temporary resident visa.<\/p>\n
The only reason Canadians know about it is because the system worked at the last possible moment. Border officials stopped him when he landed in Toronto. That is not a success story. That is a warning.<\/p>\n
If the final checkpoint had not caught this, he would have moved freely across the country.<\/p>\n
The government has not explained how the visa was approved. It has not clarified what safeguards failed. It has not reassured Canadians that this will not happen again.<\/p>\n
That silence creates a larger concern.<\/p>\n
How many others have slipped through?<\/p>\n
This is not speculation. A 2023 Global News investigation and statements from human rights advocates point to the possibility that hundreds of individuals linked to the Iranian regime may already be in Canada, some without legal status.<\/p>\n
So far, the government has deported one.<\/p>\n
One.<\/p>\n
Officials argue the process is complicated. That may be true. Deportation cases are rarely simple. But complexity is not an excuse for inaction when the issue involves individuals tied to a regime responsible for terrorism and violence.<\/p>\n
The record of that regime is not in dispute.<\/p>\n
In 2020, the IRGC shot down a civilian airliner shortly after takeoff from Tehran. All 176 people on board were killed. Among them were 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.<\/p>\n
That was not an accident Canadians have forgotten.<\/p>\n
Canadian intelligence has also identified credible threats from Iran directed at individuals in this country. A former federal justice minister was reportedly targeted in a failed assassination attempt.<\/p>\n
These are not distant conflicts. They reach into Canada.<\/p>\n
Which raises a basic question.<\/p>\n
What is the point of designating terrorist organizations if the rules are not enforced?<\/p>\n
A designation without enforcement is not policy. It is a statement.<\/p>\n
If individuals tied to listed organizations can obtain visas, if those already here are not being actively removed, then the system is not working as intended.<\/p>\n
The government needs to do more than repeat that procedures are in place. It needs to demonstrate that those procedures are effective.<\/p>\n
That starts with transparency.<\/p>\n
Canadians should be told how this visa was approved. Not every operational detail, but enough to understand whether the failure was human error, a gap in screening, or a broader weakness in the system.<\/p>\n
Then comes enforcement.<\/p>\n
Resources must be directed toward identifying and removing individuals who fall under the inadmissibility rules already established. That means coordination between immigration authorities, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement, with clear timelines and measurable results.<\/p>\n
It also requires political will.<\/p>\n
Declaring a group a terrorist organization is a serious step. It should trigger equally serious follow-through. Otherwise, it risks becoming a hollow gesture that does little to protect the public.<\/p>\n
Canadians are not asking for perfection. They understand that no system is flawless. But they expect competence and accountability, especially when the stakes involve national security.<\/p>\n
This case has exposed a gap between policy and practice.<\/p>\n
Closing that gap is not optional.<\/p>\n
If the government cannot explain how a known figure tied to a terrorist organization was granted entry, and cannot show that others are being removed, then it is not meeting its most basic responsibility.<\/p>\n
Security begins with clear rules. It is sustained by enforcing them.<\/p>\n
Right now, Canadians are seeing neither.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 6, 2026 cartoon The federal government is asking Canadians to accept something that makes no sense. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,200,12445,14498,15130],"class_list":{"0":"post-34097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-irgc","11":"tag-terrorist-organization","12":"tag-visa-approval"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}