{"id":36846,"date":"2022-09-12T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T03:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36846"},"modified":"2022-09-11T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T16:51:17","slug":"tony-clement-former-minister-of-treasury-of-canada-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/09\/tony-clement-former-minister-of-treasury-of-canada-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36846\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Clement, Former Minister of Treasury of Canada, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tony Clement, Former Minister of Treasury of Canada<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of the speech of Tony Clement, Former Minister of Treasury of Canada, at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings to dignitaries, honored guests, parliamentarians and fellow attendees. We are doing this obviously virtually again, rather than in person because of the unfortunate threats that were made to us and to the organization in Albania, but hopefully we can gather again soon in safety, and we\u2019ll be able to exchange our views in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was part of the Canadian government from 2006 to 2015, I was a member of Stephen Harper\u2019s cabinet during this time and I witnessed then, and indeed since, the state-sponsored terrorism and domestic repression of the Iranian regime. So much was happening at that time on our oil soil to intimidate and coerce Iranian-Canadians who did not comply with the Iranian regime\u2019s talking points and political agenda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, my colleague, John Bird, had to close our embassy in Tehran and close the Iranian embassy in Ottawa. Since that time, things have only gone worse with the Iranian regime\u2019s internal repression and external terrorism promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This speaks to the total illegitimacy with this regime and the need for international solidarity in rejecting this regime, much like we are seeing right now as a result of Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, where the western world has united against the Russian invasion in favour of Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and integrity I think it is a case and point that the world can make these judgements based on the actions and activities of an evil regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course, I would like to say that there is a democratic alternative in Iran that operates within the NCRI <\/a>and the MEK <\/a>and of course, Mrs. Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s 10-point plan<\/a>, and it is necessary, I believe for free nations to recognize this clear democratic alternative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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