Canada must navigate a slippery slope in Trump’s war on Iran

The country can ill afford to be perceived as serving as an instrument effectively protecting the legacies of two heads of government indicted on charges of corruption from judicial prosecution.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. With Carney’s announcement that he is not ruling out Canadian military involvement in the U.S.-Israel-driven conflict in Iran, the prime minister is putting the country on an even more slippery slope, writes Joseph Ingram.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, White House photograph by Daniel Torok, and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY JOSEPH INGRAM

March 14, 2026

Waking up to the recent news that the United States air force had suffered the downing of three F-15 fighter jets did not suggest that America’s much vaunted technological superiority would make quick work of bringing about regime change in Iran. Learning subsequently, how...

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