ICC representatives (Soudeh Ghasemi and Bijan Ahmadi) met with Mr. Mike Colle, the MPP from Eglinton-Lawrence and the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour in Ontario, on Tuesday Aug 18, 2015 to discuss Maryam Rashidi’s death in Calgary and the need for increased safety measures for gas station workers in Ontario and Alberta.

Our Vice President, Soudeh Ghasemi, talked to ITC last week and provided an update about ICC's progress since the last AGM.

هیئت مدیره کنگره ایرانیان کانادا (کنگره) برای پیشبرد اهداف کنگره و برای به‌انجام رساندن تعهدات خود در سال جاری سه کمیته اصلی که در اساسنامه کنگره پیش‌بینی شده‌اند را سامان داد. کمیته سیاست‌گذاری (کمیته) یکی از این سه بود که بیش از دو هفته پیش کار خود را آغاز کرد. بر اساس رهنمود هیئت مدیره، این کمیته زیر نظر هیئت مدیره و در چارچوب اساسنامه کنونی عمل می‌کند 

We’d like to inform you that the ICC board has decided to officially form the ICC's Youth Engagement Committee.

Our first Meet & Greet event was on Sunday July 26th, 2015.

Arsalan Kahnemuyipour spoke with Radio Canada on behalf of the Iranian Canadian Congress about the views of ICC members on the Iran nuclear deal and the reaction from the Canadian government to this deal.

Please note that the ICC has broadcasted an automated call to its members on July 24th, 2015. Here is the English translation of this automated message:

To ensure that we continue to reflect the position of members to the media outlets that seek the opinion of the ICC, we request that ICC members participate in the 2nd survey about the nuclear agreement with Iran. 

On Wednesday July 15th, 2015 our Board Member and Chair of the Policy Committee, Behrouz Amouzgar, talked to CTV News on behalf of the Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC) about the nuclear deal with Iran and the results of the survey the ICC recently completed for its members about the nuclear talks. Here you can find a link to the interview: