Poilievre Promises to ‘Cripple’ Iranian Regime With Sanctions on Anniversary of Downing of Flight PS752

A woman places a placard with the photo of a person killed on Flight 752 during a protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 4, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has promised to “cripple” the Iranian regime with sanctions on the third anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

In a Jan. 8 statement, Mr. Poilievre called the 2020 IRGC killing of 176 people, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents, an “evil act of mass murder.”