Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was not consulted and is not participating in the U.S.-Israeli strikes, describing Ottawa’s support for preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon as “not a blank cheque.”
- In a Lowy Institute address, he framed the conflict as evidence of a rupturing rules-based order and noted the United States and Israel acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies including Canada.
- Carney called for rapid de‑escalation and protection of civilians, and in his Sydney remarks he left the question of the strikes’ legality for others to judge.
- Pressed on relations with U.S. President Donald Trump, Carney said the approach is “respect but not obsequiousness,” adding he chooses public language carefully and finds Trump more open in private.
- Using stops in Australia and Japan, Carney is pushing coordinated middle‑power work on trade, critical minerals, AI and defense tech, while experts caution the U.S. could seek Canadian naval support if the war drags on.