Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.

At the close of the most recent gathering of G7 foreign ministers, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand outlined what she saw as the parameters of her job.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 12, 2025

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT.—Canada’s foreign minister suggested that it is not her job to determine if the United States has breached international law when striking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea.

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