Federal government is ‘urgently’ trying to dissolve B.C.-based terror group Samidoun, Joly says ‘It is completely unacceptable that any organization listed as a terrorist entity ... continues to exist as a federally registered not-for-profit organization,’ Joly wrote

(National Post) The Canadian government is “urgently” looking for a way to dissolve the not-for-profit status of Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization that has been [designated] as a terror group, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on social media on Thursday.

“It is completely unacceptable that any organization listed as a terrorist entity by the Government of Canada continues to exist as a federally registered not-for-profit organization,” wrote Joly. “I have therefore directed government officials to urgently look at any and all options to formally dissolve Samidoun as well as any and all listed terrorist entities in Canada.”

A year ago, Samidoun was designated as a terror group in both Canada and the United States.

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