Trudeau made personal appeals to allies to help free Montrealer from Iran prison

Nevertheless, Hoodfar?s case is the latest to signal a willingness on Trudeau?s part to go out on a limb and personally engage in politically delicate cases.

In doing so, Trudeau is said to have turned aside early advice from officials during transition briefings when he took power not to get personally involved in consular cases.

At that time, Egyptian-born Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy, a jailed journalist in Cairo, was in the headlines, said the official who has knowledge of the file.

?But he said, ?Look, I believe really strongly in this, that I?m going to be more involved in these cases than my predecessors have been as a matter of practice, because I was a Canadian who travelled all over the world and I know how important it is to have your government behind you when you find yourself in a difficult situation,? ? said the Canadian official.



I give Trudeau credit if he became involved and assisted her release, now he better understand how important it is to take such positions at home in Canada, our allies certainly are understanding....