Did Carney go too far in offering ‘support’ for U.S. strikes against Iran?

Every prime minister is called upon, at one point or another, to comment on the actions of an American president. For Mark Carney, still less than a year on the job, there have already been several such moments.

The latest moment of necessity arrived this past weekend, when the United States and Israel launched new attacks on Iran.

The response, a six-paragraph statement in the names of Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, has raised questions with which the prime minister may have to wrestle.


Oh yes CBC Carney was far too harsh on the murderous Mullah regime!

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Trump’s Way of War

Trump’s doctrine is simple: strike first at the guilty, strike hard from afar, skip the nation-building, and end wars on America’s terms.

War is the use of arms to settle differences—tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material—between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given the constancy of human nature.

However, the manner in which war is conducted remains fluid. New weapons, tactics, and strategies elicit counterresponses in an endless cycle of tensions between defensive and offensive superiority.

That said, has President Trump introduced a novel way of waging Western war against America’s foreign enemies?

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Mark Carney’s government needs to give us the full truth about our involvement in Iran

Canadian Forces exchange officers working with the U.S. military were “very likely” involved at some level in planning the weekend strikes on Iran, a former Canada major-general has warned.

If true, this should raise alarm bells for Canadians because it means Ottawa’s insistence that Canada is “not involved” in this operation is not just implausible, it’s misleading.


Canada is not likely trusted to work on such matters given our PM’s fancy for Beijing.

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Americans Are Skeptical of the Iran Strikes. That’s a Good Thing.

A 47-year war comes to a head — and a wary nation waits.

Initially, there was polling which indicated that more Americans were for the airstrike campaign, which took out Iranian tyrant Ali Khamenei and several of his top lieutenants, not to mention a host of key political, military, and intelligence facilities, and continues in a clear effort to facilitate regime change in that beleaguered country.

But polling since indicates that isn’t the consensus. More respondents indicate they’re opposed to President Trump’s decision to unleash the whirlwind on the Iranian regime than for it.

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Brookfield ‘strategic partner’ wins big in India deal

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Cameco president Tim Gitzel shared centre stage in Delhi yesterday as the Saskatoon-based uranium producer signed a multibillion-dollar contract with the Indian government, a deal that was brokered by the prime minister.

But it wasn’t the first time the two men were instrumental in getting together for a major business deal.

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Why Are So Many Nurses Left-Wing?

Psychologist Derald Wing Sue’s racialist ideas have deeply influenced the helping professions.

National Nurses United has a message for the White House: “ICE messed with the wrong profession.” After intensive-care nurse Alex Pretti was killed in Minneapolis last month, the union’s members called U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement a “fascist, terrorizing, and lawless paramilitary force violently enforcing a white supremacist agenda.” In another statement, the union called federal immigration enforcement agencies one of America’s “top public health threats,” adding to a string of similar declarations it made about racismclimate change, and Israeli “apartheid.”

The helping professions—occupations like therapy, social work, and nursing—have increasingly drifted from their traditional roles as carers and embraced social-justice advocacy. These fields have long leaned left and female, but the skew has recently intensified, following broader trends in academia. Progressives now vastly outnumber conservatives, creating an echo chamber that has radicalized a segment of the workforce.

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Contempt for Donald Trump aside, this war may give Iranians a shot at freedom

Iran will wage retaliatory war until the last cruise and ballistic missile is expended, the last Shahab, Fattah, Sejjil, Soumar. The last explosive-packed suicide drone. The last Revolutionary Guard soldier still standing. The last slain protester.

And if Iran had a nuclear bomb, there’s little reason to believe that, facing annihilation of the theocratic regime, it wouldn’t have pushed that launch button as well.

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Needed Immediately: Up-To-Date U.S. Naval Fleet

For President Donald J. Trump, it doesn’t take another 9/11 attack on the United States to strike at the head of a snake.

His preemptive assault on the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, recognizes the stark reality that the ruling ayatollahs and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have not only sworn to destroy the State of Israel but seek to dominate the entire Middle East, from Yemen to Syria and beyond. They have slaughtered their own citizens, murdered American military personnel, and encouraged and funded acts of terror worldwide.

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The Roller Coaster of Provincial-Federal Jockeying Over Immigration Powers

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to hold a referendum that will give her province a chance to demand greater control over immigration is the latest episode in the long-standing, ever-evolving drama between the provinces and Ottawa over immigration jurisdiction.

The October referendum will ask nine questions, including four on constitutional issues. But the major spark igniting a firestorm of debate across Canada is the five immigration questions.

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Comedy Shows Claim Iran War Is a Distraction From Epstein

The late night comedy shows were largely upset on Monday at combat operations against Iran that began on Saturday. Three of the five hosts tried to argue they were simply a distraction from the Epstein files while the others still managed to offer up some underwhelming criticisms.

CBS’s Stephen Colbert declared on The Late Show that, “This military mission has been dubbed Operation Epic Fury… Fun fact: “Epic Fury” is an anagram for ‘Forget Epstein.’”

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HUNTER: Sex torture killer Darren Scott Ray murdered boy, 14. Now, he’s out

Darren Pepin’s mother was happy that Darren Scott Ray got what was coming to him.

A life sentence for the heinous 1986 Toronto sex slaying of Darren, who was just 14. The less charitable among us would suggest the end of a rope would be a more fitting conclusion.

h/t Patti Jo

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UN Weeps on Cue While Tehran Writes the Script

As smoke lies over Minab, Iran, a girls’ school lies shattered; bodies line the pavement. Before the dust settles, familiar voices declare guilt: America and Israel did it. Case closed.

The Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab was hit by a direct strike during ongoing military exchanges. Iranian officials announced a rising death toll, with numbers climbing past 140 and up to 165 lives lost. Health ministry figures quickly spread across global platforms. Tehran blamed joint U.S. and Israeli operations within hours.

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Alberta and Quebec are going in very different directions on MAID

OTTAWA — Alberta announced last week that it will be following Quebec’s lead in asserting provincial control over medical assistance in dying (MAID), but it will be taking a much different direction.

Quebec has taken steps to expand access to MAID, including via so-called “advance requests” allowing some residents to get pre-approval for assisted dying, but Alberta has signalled that restrictions are coming.

h/t Patti Jo

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