Why would the US or Israel trust Mark Carney’s Canada?

Published March 5, 2026 2:11pm ET



Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is complaining about being left out of the loop about the strikes against Iran. Perhaps if he weren’t so busy buddying up to enemies of the United States and the West, this would not be a problem.

“The United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies, including Canada,” Carney said, bemoaning the state of the international order. He also put a condemnation of Iran’s missile strikes against other Gulf countries in the same breath as a demand that the U.S. and Israel abide by international rules of engagement, as if either country belongs in the same conversation as Iran when it comes to human rights abuses or global misconduct.

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