Stephen Harper

June 10, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn |

In Response to Houthi Arms Transfers, Canada Must Designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as Terror Group

They lay in neat, organized rows, a colorful medley of matériel on the deck of the USS Monterey. Some 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles. Hundreds of heavy machine guns and sniper rifles. Several hundred...

February 18, 2021 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Toby Dershowitz

Iran, Terrorism Finance, and Money Laundering: A Status Update Before FATF Meets Next Week

When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convenes its plenary next week, while not formally on the agenda, buzz on the sidelines will concern Tehran’s constant push to be removed from the FATF blacklist....

June 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Canada’s Parliament Rejects Diplomatic Relations with Iran

Liberal MPs from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party joined conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons last week to vote against the re-establishment of diplomatic relations...

March 1, 2016 | Sheryl Saperia |

The real roadblock to better relations is Tehran

The Islamic Republic of Iran must take delight in commentators in the West who advance the regime’s public relations agenda free of charge. Here in Canada, one analyst claims that...

December 23, 2014 | Sheryl Saperia |

Why the World Should Follow Canada’s Lead on Iran

Over a year ago, U.S. Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki insisted that, “If Iranians don’t get to a ‘yes’ at the end of six months, we can put in place more sancti...

February 24, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Tough Times Inside the German-Israel Marriage

Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel on Monday with her full cabinet as part of the German-Israel government consultation meetings. Her second term (2009-2013) filled the “special rel...

November 26, 2013 | Sheryl Saperia FDD Policy Brief |

Canada Stays Strong on Iran

Canada has taken a tough public stance regarding the interim deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 on Sunday. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird expressed great skepticism of Iran’s inten...

March 8, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

AIPAC Conference Highlights Canada-Israel Ties

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird electrified the massive pro-Israel crowd at this week’s AIPAC’s policy conference with his straight-talking affirmation of Israeli-Canadian shared...

December 19, 2012 | |

FDD Applauds Canada for Designating Iran’s Quds Force a Terrorist Group

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies congratulates Canada for designating the Iranian regime&rsquo...

October 12, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Welcome Back, Khadr?

An al-Qaeda member who murdered an American medic may soon go free.

September 11, 2012 |

How the Tragedy of 9/11 Made Canada a Better, More Sensible Country

How much has Canada changed in the last eleven years? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smoldering, the then-leader of Canada’s left-wing NDP party, Alexa McDonough,...

September 10, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why Canada Branded the Iranian Regime as Terrorists

Prior to cutting diplomatic ties on Friday with Tehran, the administration of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had garnered the reputation among human rights NGOs and media commentators as...

August 20, 2012 |

FDD Releases Groundbreaking Volume on Terrorist Groups in Canada

Washington, DC (FDD, August 20, 2012) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies Press has released a groundbreaking volume on terrorist groups operating in Can...

August 1, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Linda Frum FDD Press

Terror in the Peaceable Kingdom

FDD Press

May 2, 2012 | |

A New United Church Report Shows How Israel-Haters Have Lost the Argument

According to a new report from the United Church of Canada, “the deepest meaning of the Holocau...

March 28, 2012 |

Why are Some Canadian Sikhs Expressing Solidarity with an Unrepentant Terrorist?

Today, Indian politicians stayed the execution...

March 7, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal National Review Online |

Bibi, the Begin Doctrine, and the U.S.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech on Monday at the AIPAC conference reinforcing the Begin Doctrine — the preemptive-milit...

January 31, 2012 | Sheryl Saperia |

What Canada Can Do to Thwart Iranian Threat

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has...

January 30, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer Philadelphia Inquirer |

Point Counterpoint: Anti-Israeli Agenda Expected at Penn Conference

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a complex issue, one that deserves serious scholarship and open, civil debate. Expect to see none of that next weekend on the campus of the University of Penns...

December 15, 2011 | |

The New Canada-U.S. Love-In, Built on Iranian Nukes and Alberta Oil

At a dinner event hosted at the Canadian embassy in Washington last week, former U.S. national security advisor Robert “Bud” McFarlane was asked to explain why America has no “e...