The Middle East has changed. Canada needs to catch up

Ottawa should start treating regional actors as interconnected parts of a single strategic system, no longer realigning around Washington. 
Anita Anand
Foreign Minister Anita Anand told the United Nations that Canada is guided by ‘values-based realism.’ She needs to demonstrate what that means in practice in the Middle East, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY BHAGWANT SANDHU
October 15, 2026

OTTAWA—Israel and the United States have now spent more than eight months in conflict with Iran. What does it mean for Canada? ...

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