Overview
- Canada and Japan signed a strategic partnership to expand cooperation on defence, energy, technology and trade, including closer cyber work, joint coast guard exercises, critical minerals and LNG.
- Carney said Canada has not received, and does not necessarily anticipate, requests from Persian Gulf states for military support, stressing that protecting Canadians in the region is the priority.
- He maintained that Canada cannot categorically rule out future military involvement but emphasized de-escalation and said Ottawa is not party to current strikes.
- Carney flagged legal concerns by noting the U.S. and Israel acted without UN engagement or allied consultation and said the strikes appear inconsistent with international law.
- In India, Carney announced more than $5 billion in commercial agreements, including a roughly C$2.6 billion Cameco–India uranium supply deal for civilian nuclear power, as opposition parties at home pressed for a parliamentary debate on any potential deployments.