Ceasefire offers hope, but without access, Gaza’s famine will deepen

If Canada’s promise to enforce peace is to carry meaning, it must be matched by an equal determination to enforce access—the lifeline that makes any peace durable and real.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada is willing to join a multilateral mission to enforce peace in the enclave. That same willingness must now extend to enforcing humanitarian access. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ONOME AKO

October 27, 2025

TORONTO—As Gaza’s ceasefire takes hold, humanitarian access must come first because without it, this fragile pause will not save lives. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada is willing to join a multilateral mission to enforce peace in the enclave. That same willing...

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