(Toronto Star-Canada) Olivia Ward - On Tuesday, Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney declared a Canadian charity for Palestinian aid a terrorist organization, and launched an RCMP "terrorist financing investigation" that included a wide-ranging search at its Mississauga and Montreal offices. The Canada Revenue Agency had previously revoked the charitable status of the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN-Canada). "Between 2005 and 2009, IRFAN-Canada transferred approximately $14.6 million worth of resources to various organizations associated with Hamas, a listed terrorist entity," said a statement from the minister's office.
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