Why Canada's position fits pragmatism

Carney’s support of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran raises questions around Canada’s “principled pragmatism” approach to foreign policy. Is it consistent with what he said at Davos?

Plus, the Iranian-Canadian response to the killing of Ali Khamenei isn’t as mixed as the headlines suggest. 

Correction: in a previous version of this episode, a statement was erroneously attributed to Quebec’s Minister of Education, Sonia Lebel. It was made by Parti Quebecois MNA Pascal Paradis.

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Rupa Subramanya

Further reading: 

• Statement by Prime Minister Carney and Minister Anand on the situation in the Middle East
• Lloyd Axworthy: Canada once rejected America's aggressive, unlawful foreign policy. Today Mark Carney embraced it - Toronto Star 
• Carney picks a realpolitik side on Iran war - The Globe and Mail  
• India reset, Iran regime change with Minister Anita Anand | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dead at 86, ending his iron grip on Iran | CBC News
• Iranian-Canadians celebrate Khamenei's death, but many criticize the foreign intervention and fear for what comes next - The Globe and Mail
• ‘It’s crazy’: Thornhill gym of Iranian-Canadian activist hit by bullets - CTV News
• Europe needs to learn the art of the trade deal - Financial Times
• Education minister investigating reports of IDF soldiers speaking at Jewish schools in Montreal - Montreal Gazette        

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