After refusing for years, Trudeau government brands Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror organization

So typical, unfortunately, of this government. Maintaining an argument, which in this case had some validity, only to change far too late to have impact on public perceptions. Doubt many will believe that decision was only based on a “deliberative process” bereft of political considerations:

….Suggestions that listing the entirety of the IRGC could end up punishing former conscripts who had no choice but to serve was once considered a roadblock.

“It’s a complex situation, particularly in a country as diverse as ours when you have diaspora communities that come from all corners of the world,” said Justice Minister Arif Virani Wednesday, but he stressed only those who knowingly and willingly support the IRGC could be caught up. 

When the question came to LeBlanc of why now and what changed, he brushed off the suggestion it was political pressure.

“The decision to list an organization under Canada’s Criminal Code as a terrorist entity isn’t made because of comments on Twitter or question period,” he said, later adding it was the product of a “deliberative process based on very, very strong and compelling evidence.”

What evidence? He didn’t directly answer….

Source: After refusing for years, Trudeau government brands Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror organization