The paper wrote that the Heritage Minister, James Moore, instructed Library and Archives Canada to show a documentary called Iranium critiquing Iran’s nuclear program after “numerous threats of protest and an official request from the Iranian embassy in Canada to not present the film Tuesday night, as scheduled.”
“In its diplomatic note to Tehran, the government said Canada is a free country and that freedom of expression is a core value that won’t be compromised.”
The documentary will be shown on Canada’s CBC, Mr. Moore said. “We’re not bending to any pressure,” he added in an interview with the TV channel.
“We don’t back down to people who try to censor people by threats of violence.”
According to the National Post, “Immigration Minister Jason Kenney also weighed in on the cancellation, calling it “outrageous.””