OTTAWA – The Home of Commons on Monday condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler.
MPs within the Home unanimously supported a Bloc Québécois movement saluting Cotler’s human rights work and recognizing his political contributions, and condemning what it termed loss of life threats orchestrated by brokers of a international regime.
Ontario Chronicle first reported that the RCMP warned Cotler on Oct. 26 that there was an imminent menace of assassination inside 48 hours, after which later mentioned the menace towards him had been considerably lowered.
It mentioned Cotler, a vocal critic of the Iranian regime, has been beneath RCMP safety for the reason that Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israel. Cotler’s workplace confirmed the Globe and Mail reporting to the Canadian Press.
Defence Minister Invoice Blair instructed reporters on Monday that Canada’s nationwide safety and legislation enforcement companies “do an acceptable and essential job of defending all Canadians, specifically parliamentarians and former parliamentarians.”
He mentioned these companies requested “we not touch upon any specific investigation or effort that they are endeavor.”
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne pledged to provide Cotler “all of the safety that the federal government of Canada can provide.”
The RCMP declined to touch upon the case Monday. It mentioned it bases protecting measures on menace and threat assessments however doesn’t affirm whether or not people are beneath safety or present particulars about these measures.
Bloc MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe mentioned in an announcement to the Home that Cotler “incurred the wrath of the Iranian regime” by calling for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be listed as a terrorist entity. The federal government did so in June, following months of mounting political strain.
Brunelle-Duceppe additionally condemned the “rising temptation of international powers to commit political assassinations on Canadian and Quebec soil.”
In an announcement Monday, B’nai Brith Canada known as the plot an “assault on Canada’s democratic values and sovereignty” and mentioned it ought to function a wake-up name.
“Canada should act now to confront extremism, mitigate international interference, and shield its residents from those that search to undermine the sanctity of our democracy.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 18, 2024.
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