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{
"time": "2026-06-09 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills North, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills-Nord, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9391606\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, the government granted a visa to a former IRGC commander who arrived at Toronto Pearson airport on April 28 to attend the FIFA World Cup. The government also failed to deport an Iranian regime supporter who has been convicted of sanctions violations and has been here so long that he is suing the government. The government has said for a year that dozens of senior Iranian officials are here, but exactly one has been deported, as was previously mentioned.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9391607\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will the government treat foreign interference threats seriously and protect our Persian community?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9391606\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement a accord\u00e9 un visa \u00e0 un ancien commandant du Corps des Gardiens de la r\u00e9volution islamique, qui est arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 l'a\u00e9roport Pearson de Toronto le 28 avril pour assister \u00e0 la Coupe du monde de la FIFA. Le gouvernement a aussi omis d'expulser un partisan du r\u00e9gime iranien qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable de violations de sanctions et qui est ici depuis si longtemps qu'il poursuit maintenant le gouvernement. Le gouvernement a dit il y a d\u00e9j\u00e0 un an que des dizaines de hauts fonctionnaires iraniens sont ici, mais il n'y en a exactement qu'un seul qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9port\u00e9, comme on l'a d\u00e9j\u00e0 mentionn\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9391607\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le gouvernement prendra-t-il au s\u00e9rieux les menaces d'ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re et quand prot\u00e9gera-t-il notre communaut\u00e9 persane?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/9/michael-chong-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-chong/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4788/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13564425",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Safety",
"fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F9%2F"
}
}