Why, prime minister, did Canada support an increasingly belligerent U.S. president in unleashing the dogs of war?

The prime minister is too intelligent not to realize that a lot of people in this country strongly disagree with his decision to support U.S. air strikes on Iran, which is why he has been distancing himself from both U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mark Carney's first unforced error as prime minister was giving his blessing to the U.S. military attack on Iran, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

March 9, 2026

HALIFAX—Even the most partisan Conservative has to admit that Prime Minister Mark Carney has had a pretty solid first year as prime minister.

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