Colleen Fuller

The images coming out of Iran are already unbearable. Reports of an elementary school struck by missiles, killing dozens of people, with scores more killed around the country. Fear and chaos in the streets as families run through smoke and search for safety.  The United States and Israel have launched an illegal act of war while Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu speak openly of regime change. This is what Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports. He has issued a statement so brazenly belligerent that even Conservatives like Jason Kenney are cheering it on. It’s a shameful moment that buries all of Carney’s high-minded rhetoric in Davos under the rubble. These leaders justify this war as serving Iranian liberation. But the courageous movement in Iran that has been fighting tyranny for nearly five decades — and is still reeling from the worst massacre in the country’s modern history in January — will suffer a massive setback from these foreign bombs.  We remember the disastrous outcomes of previous U.S.-led wars of regime change in the Middle East, including in Iraq. They led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, sectarian conflict, and a world that is less safe, not more. The current attacks on Iran must stop now, before the entire region is plunged into conflict, death, and destruction. My thoughts are with the people in Iran and around the world who are watching this unfold with heartbreak and uncertainty.  Freedom will not come from military intervention by outside powers, it can only come from the Iranian people. War is not the way.

The IDF has for the first time released the number of soldiers with foreign passports. They are quite astounding. Here they are: American 12,1351 French 6,127 Russian 5,067 German 3,901 Ukrainian 3,210 British 1,686 Romanian 1,675 Polish 1,668 Ethiopian 1,387 Canadian 1,185 Hungarian 885 Italian 828 Argentinian 609 Dutch 559 Brazilian 505 Australian 502 South African 415 Belgian 406 Austrian 390 Swiss 373 Spanish 372 Czech 309 Its is essential that these states investigate their citizens potential involvement in war crimes. Lord knows that Israel will never do it.

Canada says it stands against superpower intimidation. The U.S. blockade on Cuba has caused decades of hardship and cutting off fuel risks a dire humanitarian crisis. Will the Prime Minister keep his word and support an independent, humane foreign policy?

Today a private delegation of Canadians—which included Members of Parliament—was denied entry to the West Bank at an Israeli border crossing. Global Affairs is in contact with the delegation and we have expressed Canada’s objections regarding the mistreatment of these Canadians while attempting to cross.

Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."