Canada has consistently refused to condemn the illegal and aggressive actions of the United States.
The war that the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran on February 28 has once again put Prime Minister Mark Carney and his foreign affairs team to the test. Having previously refused to take any meaningful action against the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Carney has again declined to stand on what many see as the right side of history.
On the first day of the war, as news broke of a U.S. and Israeli attack on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab that killed more than 150 students, Carney did not condemn the assault. Instead, in an official statement, he said: “Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
This position came despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s and his Department of War’s assertion in June 2025 that all of Iran’s nuclear facilities had been destroyed. Moreover, the International Atomic Energy Agency has never confirmed that Iran was seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
In the days that followed, while visiting East Asia and Australia, Carney reiterated, “We will stand by our allies.” His criticism of the war, when it came, was muted and limited to concerns about the U.S. lack of consultation with allies and international institutions.
Carney’s support for the U.S.-Israeli colonial war comes at a time when public opinion in Canada is moving in the opposite direction. A Leger poll in March found that nearly six in 10 Canadians (58 per cent) oppose the U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran, while only 25 per cent support it.
When a majority of Canadians oppose this war, the question is whether Carney and his government will listen to the people or continue to support a U.S. president who has repeatedly expressed interest in annexing Canada and annihilating Iranian civilization. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, America’s partner in this war, is also wanted by the International Criminal Court. (more...)
Canadians oppose the Middle East war. The federal government doesn’t
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