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Opinion: Canada’s rhetorical support for the war on Iran has an audience of one: Donald Trump Ottawa’s most important priority remains managing relations with its only and much more powerful neighbour

Opinion: Canada’s rhetorical support for the war on Iran has an audience of one: Donald Trump

Canada, allies in talks to possibly help Gulf states bombed by Iran; U.S. House votes to back Trump’s war powers France to send armoured vehicles to Lebanon; refugees flee to central Beirut amid Israeli strikes; Canada relocating troops deployed in Middle East

"Canada’s top soldier said she is meeting Friday morning with her counterparts from European countries and elsewhere to discuss options for supporting Gulf states now caught up in the Iranian war." buff.ly/NClkPwJ

#CanadaDefense #GulfSecurity #CanadianForces

Canada, EU sign deal to modernize economic and trade agreement Canada and the European Union ​agreed on Thursday ‌to expand trade ties and ease trade ​rules under their ​existing pact as countries ⁠across the world ​strive to increase trade ​and diversify away fr...

"Canada and the European Union ​agreed on Thursday ‌to expand trade ties and ease trade ​rules under their ​existing pact as countries ⁠across the world ​strive to increase trade ​and diversify away from the United States." www.reuters.com/world/canada...

#Canada #EU #allies

Bob Rae says PM Carney's statement on Iran is consistent with the way the war is being conducted, noting Pete Hegseth's disregard for what he calls "stupid rules of engagement"

Canada signing agreement with EU to enhance free trade deal | CBC News As relations with the Trump administration remain fraught and uncertain, trade ministers from Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agre...

#Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agreement (Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)). www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#EU

Exclusive: Trump tells Reuters US must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader

We are living in very dangerous times.

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Toronto Maple Leafs trade Nicolas Roy to Colorado Avalanche Leafs will receive a conditional 2027 first-round pick and a fifth-rounder in June

Toronto Maple #Leafs trade Nicolas Roy to Colorado Avalanche

Nicolas Roy just won the lottery.

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Exclusive: NATO's Rutte 'not deaf' to criticism of his Trump praise, offers more buff.ly/CFwSSGO

#NATO

Agreed. We're very fortunate to have Carney leading Canada at this time. Situations are fluid and diplomacy means positions adapt as needed. That said, core principles/values stay fixed and are "non negotiable" (period) - Carney knows that. Beyond that effective diplomacy relies on flexibility.

This is not leadership. It's no wonder NATO is teetering on the abyss. Who can forget his fawning texts (released by Trump) about "Dear Donald" when the US and Israel completely "obliterated" (for the first time???) Iran's nuclear capabilities in June 2025.

Trump’s Consequential War Trump’s Consequential War

@bobbyrae48.bsky.social Trump’s Consequential War

"No matter how many times we tell ourselves differently, we need to confront the fact that the United States under its current president and administration is in no position to lead us anywhere good." bobrae48.substack.com/p/trumps-con...

#Canada

Prime Minister Carney elevates partnership with Australia in critical minerals, defence, and artificial intelligence In a rapidly changing world, Canada is focused on what we can control. We are building our economic strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad. Australia is a natural partner in this mi...

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1st bilateral visit of a 🇨🇦 PM to 🇦🇺 in nearly 2 decades. The leaders released a joint statement outlining new partnerships in investment, defence and security, critical minerals, energy, and artificial intelligence.

Carney says he won't 'rule out' Canada joining U.S. mission against Iran | CBC

I really like Carney and I think he's doing an amazing job as PM but his handling of the US-Israel attacks on Iran and in communicating Canada's position has been, to me, confusing.

Carney won't 'categorically rule out' military participation www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

#Canada #cdnpoli

#Australia to join G7 critical minerals alliance, Canada's Carney says buff.ly/MFYZrrJ

#Canada #cdnpoli

Trade court orders tariff refunds in setback for Trump A trade court has cleared the way for businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered Customs and Border Protection to issue refunds for levies US President Donald Trump introduced last year under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

This is a big setback for the Trump administration buff.ly/Brispgo

Leavitt scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for asking about US deaths in Iran war ‘You know you're being disingenuous,’ Karoline Leavitt snapped at Kaitlan Collins during a White House briefing

What now?

"Leavitt said that Trump’s decision to attack Iran was rooted in what she called a “feeling based on fact” that Iran would imminently attack the United States and its allies" buff.ly/AD7x38d

U.S. Senate blocks bid to restrict Trump's ability to continue military action in Iran | CBC

U.S. Senate blocks bid to restrict Trump's ability to continue military action in Iran www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

As US presses Iran war, Europe holds off, remembering Iraq Europe followed the United States into war in Iraq in 2003, but today that defensive lockstep is broken, as it draws lines against the war in Iran.

Germany and Spain are, playing the same game. Europe is now determined to free itself from reliance on the US for security. But that will take years. What should it do in the meantime? ... managing the difficult relations with the US until Europe can stand on its own. buff.ly/cPdaT5F

#Canada

'We deserve a normal life,' Iranians tell BBC, as Israel begins new 'wave of strikes' across Tehran Meanwhile, the Pentagon has confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.

'Our position has not changed' - Spanish minister denies White House comments that country will cooperate with US military www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...

#Spain #Iran

The Real Reason Trump Went to War Trump has called for sending American forces to Iran since 1980. He finally has, and must own the consequences.

Some reading -- www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

What a surprise - Spain’s government denies cooperating with US operations in Mideast, contradicting White House - apnews.com/article/iran...

#Spain

YouTube video by DRM News FULL SPEECH: PM Carney Warns of Global Order Rupture and Against Weaponized Globalization | AC1B

🇨🇦🍁👏👏PM Carney 😎👍🇨🇦🇦🇺
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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Wednesday that Russia ​could stop supplying gas to European markets ‌now and move to more promising markets. "But this is not a decision, it is, in this case, what is called thinking out loud" he added.
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'No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities': Students stage mass protest over Ford government’s OSAP cuts | CBC News Students across the province are protesting recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) — the post-secondary financial aid system will go from a majority grant structure to a major...

Students across the province are protesting recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) — the post-secondary financial aid system will go from a majority grant structure to a majority loan structure in the new school year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Over to you #Spain.

White House: Spain has agreed to cooperate with #US military buff.ly/KXKWwd2

Opinion: When Canada and Australia team up, nobody can stop us The two middle powers could have a powerful combined influence when working together, Scott Stirrett writes

When Canada and Australia team up, nobody can stop us

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ANALYSIS | U.S. could hold a 'red card' over Canada's Gripen fighter jet option | CBC News As Ottawa reviews its F-35 purchase, there's concern Washington holds a powerful lever — control of the secure Link 16 network used for NATO and NORAD operations. Swedish Gripens and Danish F-35s oper...

U.S. could hold a 'red card' over Canada's #Gripen fighter jet option - American approval required for system that allows Gripens and F-35s to communicate www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#Canada

'If states were to be recognized as having a right to "preventive war," according to their own criteria and without a supranational legal framework, the whole world would risk being set ablaze. This erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force; the force of law has been replaced by the law of force, with the conviction that peace can arise only after the enemy has been annihilated'

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin has spoken out on the conflict in Iran:

They sure did.

Today Carney also said it’s up to the US and Israel to justify their pre-emptive strikes under international law and for legal experts to determine whether these actions meet the test. “That formal judgment is for others to make"

He's walking a rhetorical tightrope.

Live updates: Hegseth says US submarine sank Iranian warship with torpedo in international waters In a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, Hegseth said that the Tuesday night strike on an Iranian warship was the first such attack on an enemy since World War II.

Traffic through Strait of Hormuz is down by about 90% apnews.com/live/iran-wa...