In Parliament
(June 12, 2018) — Conservative motion to list the IRGC in its entirety as a terrorist entity, passed by parliament with bipartisan support
VOTE NO. 754[I]
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
SITTING NO. 313 – TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018
Sponsor:
Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)
Motion:
Opposition Motion (Iran)
That the House: (a) strongly condemn the current regime in Iran for its ongoing sponsorship of terrorism around the world, including instigating violent attacks on the Gaza border; (b) condemn the recent statements made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for genocide against the Jewish people; (c) call on the government to (i) abandon its current plan and immediately cease any and all negotiations or discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran to restore diplomatic relations, (ii) demand that the Iranian Regime immediately release all Canadians and Canadian permanent residents who are currently detained in Iran, including Maryam Mombeini, the widow of Professor Kavous Sayed-Emami, and Saeed Malekpour, who has been imprisoned since 2008, (iii) immediately designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a listed terrorist entity under the Criminal Code of Canada; and (d) stand with the people of Iran and recognize that they, like all people, have a fundamental right to freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom of the press and other forms of communication, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association
| Summary | |||
| Yea | Nay | Total | Paired |
| 248 | 45 | 293 | 0 |
Agreed To
See the published vote in the Journals of Tuesday, June 12, 2018
The Vote:
| BUSINESS OF SUPPLY |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), seconded by Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland), — That the House: (a) strongly condemn the current regime in Iran for its ongoing sponsorship of terrorism around the world, including instigating violent attacks on the Gaza border; (b) condemn the recent statements made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for genocide against the Jewish people; (c) call on the government to (i) abandon its current plan and immediately cease any and all negotiations or discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran to restore diplomatic relations, (ii) demand that the Iranian Regime immediately release all Canadians and Canadian permanent residents who are currently detained in Iran, including Maryam Mombeini, the widow of Professor Kavous Sayed-Emami, and Saeed Malekpour, who has been imprisoned since 2008, (iii) immediately designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a listed terrorist entity under the Criminal Code of Canada; and (d) stand with the people of Iran and recognize that they, like all people, have a fundamental right to freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom of the press and other forms of communication, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association. |
| The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
(Division No. 754 — Vote no 754)
YEAS: 248, NAYS: 45
YEAS — POUR
| Aboultaif |
| Albas |
| Albrecht |
| Aldag |
| Alghabra |
| Alleslev |
| Allison |
| Amos |
| Anandasangaree |
| Anderson |
| Ayoub |
| Badawey |
| Bagnell |
| Bains |
| Barlow |
| Baylis |
| Beech |
| Bennett |
| Benzen |
| Bergen |
| Bernier |
| Berthold |
| Bezan |
| Bittle |
| Blair |
| Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) |
| Block |
| Boissonnault |
| Bossio |
| Boucher |
| Brassard |
| Bratina |
| Breton |
| Brison |
| Caesar-Chavannes |
| Carr |
| Carrie |
| Casey (Charlottetown) |
| Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) |
| Chagger |
| Champagne |
| Chen |
| Chong |
| Clarke |
| Clement |
| Cooper |
| Cormier |
| Cuzner |
| Dabrusin |
| Damoff |
| DeCourcey |
| Dhaliwal |
| Dhillon |
| Di Iorio |
| Diotte |
| Doherty |
| Dreeshen |
| Drouin |
| Dubourg |
| Duclos |
| Duguid |
| Dzerowicz |
|
Easter
|
| Eglinski |
| El-Khoury |
| Ellis |
| Erskine-Smith |
| Eyking |
| Eyolfson |
| Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) |
| Falk (Provencher) |
| Fast |
| Fergus |
| Fillmore |
| Finley |
| Fisher |
| Fonseca |
| Fortier |
| Fragiskatos |
| Fraser (Central Nova) |
| Fraser (West Nova) |
| Freeland |
| Fuhr |
| Gallant |
| Garneau |
| Généreux |
| Genuis |
| Gerretsen |
| Gladu |
| Godin |
| Goodale |
| Gould |
| Gourde |
| Graham |
| Grewal |
| Hajdu |
| Harder |
| Hardie |
| Harvey |
| Hébert |
| Hehr |
| Hoback |
| Hogg |
| Holland |
| Housefather |
| Hussen |
| Hutchings |
| Iacono |
| Jeneroux |
| Joly |
| Jones |
| Kang |
| Kelly |
| Kent |
| Khera |
| Kmiec |
| Kusie |
| Lake |
| Lambropoulos |
| Lametti |
| Lamoureux |
| Lapointe |
| Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) |
| Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) |
|
LeBlanc
|
| Lebouthillier |
| Lefebvre |
| Leslie |
| Levitt |
| Liepert |
| Lightbound |
| Lloyd |
| Lobb |
| Lockhart |
| Long |
| Longfield |
| Ludwig |
| Lukiwski |
| MacAulay (Cardigan) |
| MacKenzie |
| MacKinnon (Gatineau) |
| Maguire |
| Maloney |
| Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) |
| May (Cambridge) |
| McCauley (Edmonton West) |
| McCrimmon |
| McGuinty |
| McKenna |
| McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) |
| McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) |
| McLeod (Northwest Territories) |
| Mendicino |
| Mihychuk |
| Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) |
| Monsef |
| Morneau |
| Motz |
| Murray |
| Nassif |
| Nater |
| Nault |
| Ng |
| Nicholson |
| O’Connell |
| O’Regan |
| O’Toole |
| Obhrai |
| Oliver |
| Ouellette |
| Paradis |
| Paul-Hus |
| Peschisolido |
| Peterson |
| Petitpas Taylor |
| Philpott |
| Picard |
| Poilievre |
| Poissant |
| Qualtrough |
| Raitt |
| Rayes |
| Reid |
| Rempel |
| Richards |
| Rioux |
|
Robillard
|
| Rodriguez |
| Rogers |
| Romanado |
| Rota |
| Rudd |
| Ruimy |
| Rusnak |
| Sahota |
| Saini |
| Sajjan |
| Samson |
| Sangha |
| Sarai |
| Saroya |
| Scarpaleggia |
| Schiefke |
| Schmale |
| Schulte |
| Serré |
| Sgro |
| Shanahan |
| Sheehan |
| Shields |
| Shipley |
| Sidhu (Brampton South) |
| Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) |
| Sikand |
| Simms |
| Sohi |
| Sopuck |
| Sorbara |
| Sorenson |
| Spengemann |
| Strahl |
| Stubbs |
| Sweet |
| Tassi |
| Tilson |
| Tootoo |
| Trost |
| Trudeau |
| Van Kesteren |
| Van Loan |
| Vandal |
| Vandenbeld |
| Vaughan |
| Vecchio |
| Viersen |
| Virani |
| Wagantall |
| Warawa |
| Warkentin |
| Waugh |
| Webber |
| Whalen |
| Wilson-Raybould |
| Wong |
| Wrzesnewskyj |
| Yip |
| Young |
| Yurdiga |
Total: — 248
NAYS — CONTRE
| Angus |
| Ashton |
| Barsalou-Duval |
| Beaulieu |
| Benson |
| Blaikie |
| Blaney (North Island—Powell River) |
| Boudrias |
| Boulerice |
| Boutin-Sweet |
| Brosseau |
| Caron |
| Choquette |
| Christopherson |
| Davies |
| Dubé |
| Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) |
| Dusseault |
| Duvall |
| Fortin |
| Garrison |
| Gill |
| Hughes |
| Johns |
| Kwan |
| Laverdière |
| MacGregor |
| Malcolmson |
| Marcil |
| Masse (Windsor West) |
| Mathyssen |
| May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) |
| Moore |
| Nantel |
| Pauzé |
| Plamondon |
| Quach |
| Ramsey |
| Rankin |
| Sansoucy |
| Ste-Marie |
| Stetski |
| Stewart |
| Trudel |
| Weir |
Total: — 45
[i] https://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/votes/42/1/754/