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Trudeau says CBSA will decide whether Iran soccer team can enter Canada

Prime minister reiterated how he thinks scheduled World Cup tuneup game in Vancouver was a bad idea
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Iranian soccer player Omid Nor Afkan carries his national flag as he celebrates qualifying for 2022 World Cup after defeating Iraq, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 27, 2022. Canada is set to host Iran in a friendly match in Vancouver on June 5, but controversy about the game has swirled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Vahid Salemi

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada Border Services Agency will be the department that decides whether IranB次元官网网址檚 menB次元官网网址檚 soccer team is allowed into the country for a game next month.

Canada is set to host Iran in a friendly match in Vancouver on June 5, but controversy about the game has swirled and Trudeau said last week that the event was ill advised.

Speaking to media in Vancouver on Tuesday, the prime minister said his view has not changed.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e expressed my concern that I think this game was a bad idea. I can assure you that Sport Canada has not delivered any funding for this game,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淎nd in terms of the ability of those players to come to Canada and the teams to come to Canada, the border services agencies make professional and independent decisions on eligibility for people to come to Canada.B次元官网网址

Among critics of the game are families of passengers killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on Jan. 8, 2020. The Canadian government says 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents were among the 176 people killed.

Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman released a letter on Thursday, saying the federal government is B次元官网网址渕aking communities relive the grief and traumaB次元官网网址 of the crash by inviting Iran to play in Vancouver.

B次元官网网址淭he last thing that our country should be doing is engaging in cordial dialogue with an oppressive and dangerous regime,B次元官网网址 she wrote.

Both Lantsman and the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims have called for the game to be cancelled.

Canada Soccer issued a statement last week saying that it is focused on preparing the menB次元官网网址檚 national team to compete on the world stage.

B次元官网网址淎t Canada Soccer we believe in the power of sport and its ability to bring people from different backgrounds and political beliefs together for a common purpose,B次元官网网址 the statement said. B次元官网网址淚ran is one of 32 participating member associations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and Canada Soccer continues to follow all international protocols in staging this match.B次元官网网址

Canada, ranked 38th in the world, and No. 21 Iran are both preparing for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this November.

Canada is also set to host Curacao in CONCACAF Nations League A play in Vancouver on June 9.

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