Canada Leads on Opposing Iran Deal

Published August 14, 2015 8:32pm ET



President Obama claims, as Bill Kristol noted in his editorial in the latest issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, that no country in the world has expressed opposition to his deal with Iran, with the exception of Israel. But that’s not accurate. Canada, the United States’ biggest trading partner—and, traditionally, its closest ally—has made it clear it wants no part of an agreement normalizing relations between Iran and the West.

When details of the agreement were released last month, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Rob Nicholson, had this to say:

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