Canada Stand in the Middle East

I do remember when he first came into power and over I guess it was about forty years ago that I remember him taking us hostages. And I do remember those hostages eventually being freed and meeting one or two of those hostages along the way and hearing some of the stories that they had to tell. And while they I totally accused the United States of planting a lot of CIA agents in Iran at the time, and that was the reason why he held them hostage for so long.

It was to get them to admit to their crimes against the country. That yes, he did do do all of those things, and yes, Iran probably is better off on the human rights scale without him being there. But I'm going to say this that that is not the reason why Donald Trump and Nyanhu decided to attack Iran and to launch the air strikes that that are going on right now in the Middle East. That is not

the reason why they they did all that. The reason why they did all that, and we're we're going to get down to the brass tacks of it all is the fact that Iran is one of those countries that lies outside of the World Bank, which means that their oil supplies are out of the control of the United States and Donald Trump won't have that. There is the reason why he went after Venezuela and capturing their leader.

It had nothing at all to do with any type of drugs or the safety of the United States people. It had everything to do with him wanting to control the oil and the price of the oil. As a result, Guitar warned and has since said, that the Middle East

oil production has slowed down to a halt. And many of you who are listening to this, either in the United States or Canada, are looking at your car and how much it costs to fill your fuel tank in that car right now because of this war, Unlike when a Vladimir Putin attacked the Ukraine, where many are not saying that it is in illegal action and or that

it is a war of aggression. They are not saying any of those things because one it is the United States and Israel, and that they are saying many different things. But we're going to get down to what's happening, what the political standings are in Canada, and what Mark Karney is saying, the direction Canada is going to take at

this particular time in regards to the Middle East. In This statement was made in Tokyo by the Prime Minister Mark Karney, as he told Canada he has not received requests from Persian golf states for military aid and don't

necessarily anticipate those requests. While concluding his three country tour, the Chief of Defense General Jenny Carrigan said on Thursday, the golf partners may require to fence and support amid the Iran conflict sparked by the United States and Israel airstrikes he initially supported but later questioned for breaching international law, and an Angus repoll found Canadians are divided forty eight forty eight percent opposal and thirty five percent supportive.

markets while downplaying separate talks with the US and Mexico on the United States Mexico Canada agreement review analysis made managing with Donald Trump shapes his approach. So mister Carney is kind of is kind of downplaying, Uh, what is what is happening in the Middle East at the moment. We'll have to sit and see how the government is is going to respond to events that are happening in uh,

the Middle East, especially against Iran. But to public opinion, well, the poll is is voicing opposition to the to Canadian involvement or government's current posture. Compared to the thirty five

percent who remains supportive. The prominent voices are some action does need to be taken, but public opinion is is something needs needs to UH to be done and to to support what is what is actually happening to Aaron that more needs to more needs to be scrutinized to to hold a and more needs to be scrutinized to hold a solid opinion or a solid stance for Canada

to take in the Middle East at this time. So Carnie's kind of sitting on uh A. Politically, he is sitting on between two groups of people who haven't haven't what seem to haven't. Canada has not completely made up its mind as to both politically and publicly as to

a stance it should be taken. But Canada in the past has always been in support of well, let's support human rights and let's help ensure that that at Lasta's civilians are kept safe while the fighting is going on, and those evacuations will continue as they try to keep people safe, especially Canadian citizens and who are currently in the Middle East right now, as they keep them safe and bring them home. So why don't we listen to what mister Kearney said at the beginning of those strikes

from a few days ago. And we're going to listen to also to what Anita Anon had to say about the Middle East and what is going on over there and what Canada's response could hossibly be.

the next forty eight hours in Australia. And I would like to maybe observe right at the start already thank Premier, our Prime Minister alban Asi and the Australian people for the warm welcome and affording us so much time for our important discussions. Okay, to turn to the situation in the Middle East, and I'll begin in French. The Canada considered the Lyran come the source principal Dwance, stabilit A,

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poshevik epi qui partege ceviu in epapti uconfi. Canada has long seen Iran as the principal source of instability and terror in the Middle East. The regime and its proxies have murdered hundreds, including Canadian civilians, and caused untold suffering for millions of people in the Middle East and beyond. Despite more than two decades of negotiations and diplomatic efforts, Iran has not dismantled its nuclear program nor halted its

enrichment activities. Canada has long supported the imperative of neutralizing this grave global threat. Canada stands with the Iranian people in their long and courageous struggle against the regime's oppressive rule, which is why we support efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security, because Canada is taking the world as it is, not passively waiting for a

world we wish to be. We do, however, take this position with regret because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order. Despite decades of UN Security Council resolutions, the tireless work of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the succession of sanctions and diplomatic frameworks, Iran's nuclear threat remains, and now the United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies,

including Canada. So where to from here? With a rapidly spreading conflict and growing threats to civilian life, Canada reaffirms that inner national law binds all belligerents. We condemned the strikes carried out by Iran on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the Middle East, and we implore all parties, including the United States and Israel, to respect the rules of

international engagement. Canada calls for a rapid de escalation of hostilities and is prepared to assist in achieving this goal. Resolution of this crisis will require commitment to a broader political solution, and diplomatic engagement is essential to avoid a wider and deeper conflict. Innocent civilians must be protected, and all parties must commit to finding enduring agreements to both

nuclear proliferation and terrorist extremism. Canada will pursue this approach with like minded countries and participants in the conflict, and now briefly allow me to return to our work in this region. Du Mumbai, New deli ou je Rencentree Le Premiminies Modi Ensemble, New honou Velent Elison RelA Canada a Land. As outlined in our joint statement, Canada and India are forging a new strategic partnership in energy, in talent, in

innovation and artificial intelligence. Foundational to this partnership is the new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which we aim to conclude this year. We're working fast and already seeing strong results. In India, we secured over five billion dollars in commercial agreements, agreements that will deepen cooperation between Canadian and Indian businesses, attract investment into our communities, and help double two way

trade over seventy billion dollars by twenty thirty. The Government of India and Camico's two point six billion dollar uranium supply agreement will support India's civil nuclear energy program and our shared commitment to clean, reliable baseload power. We also launched Canada Indian Talent and Innovation Strategy, backed by thirteen

educational partnerships between our leading universities. During my visit. In addition to ministerial and official level meetings, there has been more engagement between the Canadian and the Indian governments over the course of less than the past year than in total over the past two decades. This is a reflection of the world we face today and the ambitions of

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and artificial intelligence. Australia is a natural partner for Canada in these areas and many many more areas that will deliver enormous benefits to both our peoples. I very much look forward to today's meetings with business, to meeting with Prime Minister Albanese and his cabinet tomorrow in Canberra, and now I look forward to your questions. Thank you very much, Thank you, Prime Minister.

I won't go into all the details. I think you're familiar with the six laws that are still before Parliament and the Senate, which will make a major difference to the powers of sentencing, the bail regime, and tightening our asylum system, tightening our borders, all of which will help

address these issues first point. The second element of vigilance, of course, is adequate resources for law enforcement, thousand more RCMP order, a thousand more border service agents, coordination at multiple levels of government, reinforcing resources for our security our various security agencies as well. The third element of vigilance is deploying actively our intelligence services and the highest levels of government being informed on a regular basis in terms

of in terms of developments. We've also were in the process structurally of appointing the Foreign Interference Commissioner. We proposed an individual who was the former electoral officer British Columbia. We're consulting with the opposition parties to move forward on that. So all of those are structural. Then it comes to

a question of engagement and engagement. To engage, you have to be able to talk to countries, countries where there have been issues, and to raise issues, including at the highest levels, to ensure that the cooperation is there, whether it's extortion or some other form of cross border criminal activity or security risks.

been raised. They've been frank discussions and including in my meetings with Prime Minister Mode, including in Delhi two days ago.

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justice being served. So in that context, I can't comment on the specific aspect those three aspects of your question, and I hope you'll appreciate that what is important here is that justice is served and that the immense resources that are put in place in order to ensure that justice is served run there of course. Nice thanks Nction.

is doing. So I'm hoping that you can clarify in a yes or no way do you agree with your own government official yes or no, who suggested India is no longer actively interfering in Canada's democratic process, and that Indian agents are no longer involved in murders and extortions within Canada.

should it is our responsibility to have both aspects. First and foremost, to be vigilant, Okay, vigilant in terms of tightening the laws, vigilant ensuring that we have the right resources at the security level, at the police level, in terms of the coordination, vigilant ensuring that those resources are active, Vigilant in ensuring that we are using all sources of

intelligence to direct resources to protect Canadians. And then alongside that, to be engaged with countries so that if there, when, if and when there are issues or even a sense

of issues, that we are raising them. Engagement at the level of national security and engagement at the level of defense, engagement at the level of police, engagement at the political level, all of those and if you look at the record, if I may just finish on this of this government in less than a year, six major crime bills, many of which address specifically these issues. Thousands of new resources being put in the RCMP and border security, huge technical

resources also being put in place. That's an odd way to put it, but physical resources in terms of surveillance and re engagement, including at the national security level and the political level, so that we can address these issues actually in other words today and perspectively, so that prevention is there as well as redress. Thank you.

product of the clarity of our position. We will not tolerate foreign interference transnational repression by anyone, and I stress by anyone. There's a wide range of countries who make these efforts from time to time, and we will call it out and we will engage with it in a way that is as effective as possible to protect Canadians. And that's what we're doing.

will observe and I will take up. I would take up, and it's not fair to your colleagues, but I would take up all the remaining time in this press conference.

Times ten. If I went through the serial violations of international law by the Islamic Republic of Iran over decades, over decades, and all the efforts under the international system to contain those using international frameworks and international laws, it is a failure of the international system that this country repeatedly violated international law, terrorized an entire region and through extension,

the world, including the murder of Canadians. Let's not forget that repression of women, the murder of fifteen thousand of their citizens within the past few weeks for protest now brings us to the question though, which I think is in your question of the current situation and it's perspective

relative to international law. And look, the first thing I'll say it with respect to that, it's for the United States and Israel to make the case and for whether or not that is the case, and it's for others more expert than me, non lawyered, certainly non international lawyer, who are more expert to make that determination. And that said, well, Canada was not asked to participate. You know that we were not informed in advance. We were not asked to participate.

Prima facia. It appears that these actions are inconsistent with international law, so we would not have been in a position earlier this week or the weekend. I guess to take a judgment that met our standards. If we had been asked to participate, we weren't. We have made that formal judgment. It's for others to make those judgments. As I said, Alex, we were dealing with the world as it is. So in the contextxt of what's happened, what's

been begun. We support the efforts to end the Iranian nuclear program, and it's decades long process, regimes, decade long process of state sponsored terrorism. But we remind the international law binds. It binds, particularly with respect to civilian, civilian and infrastructure, and it binds all parties, should bind all parties. We call for a de escalation. We're prepared to assist

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not a blank check. That is not us participating, That is not us asking for something in exchange for that. None of that is true. That is just a straight up position. Thank you.

cessation of hostilities, full de escalation. It takes all sides in order to do that, As I said in my comments in our judgment, that will take a broader diplomatic effort that broader diplomatic effort will very much have to involve the countries in the Middle East that have been attacked now by Iran, their civilian infrastructure, their civilians have been attacked, and certainly that has been They've been successful

largely in defending themselves. Some of the missiles have gotten through, but the intent has been widespread civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure to those countries, many of whom are our close allies of Canada, need to be involved in any amatic solution, thank you New York Times.

let's be realistic. This is a regime that is the biggest exporter of terror in the world, that has four decades terrorized the Middle East, that is killed scores of Canadians, murdered scores of Canadians, tens of thousands of its own citizens, repressed women in its It has sought persistently and you will remember the JCPOA and all other efforts is sought persistently to obtain nuclear weapons. Nobody has a civil nuclear program that's buried a mile beneath the desert, So that

is a threat. The exact timing of it, exact aspect of it. I'm not privy to all the information in terms of that. I would remind Elia that Canada was not consulted on these hostilities. We're not part of it. We're taking things from the position that they are today with the actual end in terms of the desirability of eliminating that nuclear threat and the capacity and exports state

terror that we support. But we remind all the belligerents of their responsibilities tex civilians to protect civilian infrastructure, not target civilian infrastructure, and we call for de escalation of the conflict.

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and your well being are our top priority. Our government has developed options for Canadians seeking to leave the region. These options are threefold. One a limited number of chartered flights. Two block booking of seats on commercial flights. Three ground transportations certain cases where it is safe. This morning for them consured that seventy five people departed from Beirute on a commercial flight with seats that we reserved. Another two

hundred seats happened over the next three days. Four people who wish to leave Beirute. As you can see behind me. More than one hundred thousand people across fifteen affected countries have registered with Global Affairs in order to receive the most up to date information pertaining to the country they are in. S Matin, Pare Fantis, Was sant Cans, Canadian on p i Quite Bereut, Sirrinvois, commercial Avect, Siege Reserve, Pa lu Gudar Mont Pole, Canadian Umaultre de sansierge on

Ete Reserve, Poor Letrois Pochin Jour. As of this morning, more than two thousand people requited the government assistance to leave the region. We send information about assistance being offered two registered Canadians directly. I will now summarize the government's response in the five countries with the most request for assistance from Canadians, comprising almost eighty cent of all requests. The countries are United Arab Emirates, Cutter, Lebanon, Israel, and Iran,

starting first with the UAE. For the UAE, as of this morning, eleven hundred and seventy one Canadians have requested assistance in leaving out of a total of nearly thirty thousand registered Canadians in the UAE. Airspace in the UAE is only partially open and limited commercial flights are available. This afternoon, I directed my officials to enter into contracts

to charter flight four Canadians. This charter is contingent upon receipting the necessary approval from to use their airspace, which we have all read requested and I personally am involved in these requests at a diplomatic level. Flights will be available on a cost recovery basis to Canadians and the

number of flights will be to demand. Moving now to block bookings, we are also working with the airlines to block book seats on commercial flights that would be reserved for Canadians to confirm and book themselves, lev the cool Coup and Enlon.

are currently no options to fly in or out. Cutter. Airlines is arranging bus transportation for two hundred Canadians with existing tickets to an airport in Saudi Arabia for a flight out from there. We are engaging ground transportation for other Canadians also wishing to leave quickly. I do want to point out that any ground transportation carries risk transport Canadian quits utrois de place monarre comparte de risk, and that such a hotel while missiles are flying overhead is terrifying.

It is, however, often the safer option. While we have no indication of roads being targeted by Iranian missiles, when they are intercepted overhead, debris can fall on the road below. Canadians should, no matter which country they are in, only travel when it is safe to do so and follow local vice.

of the next three days. Turning now to Israel, ninety three Canadians have requested assistance in departing out of over six thousand Canadians who have registered with our ROCCA system. Airspace there remains closed and flights are not an option for the moment. The government of Israel is operating a bus service to Egypt where passengers can arrange onwards travel to airports that are open.

We have, however, stationed additional consular officials in neighboring countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Irial Jordan, Turkia and Turkmenistan who can meet Canadians who cross the border and assist them with visa requirement and with arranging onward travel. Please only attempt to drive to the border when it is safe to do so. The

situation throughout the region remains volatile and unpredictable. That is, we have a team here at DHAK working twenty four to seven to provide updates to Canadians who.

advance diplomatic efforts aimed at de escalation and stability. About two hours ago, I concluded a call with in the United Kingdom, for example Pole, where we discuss the current situation, the necessary response, and most importantly, how to co op to ensure that we will work together at ours.

advise travel over land. And so oh I provided details as to how we are proceeding in each specific country you mentioned the UAE and in that particular country.

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we were able to offer those seats up. And those countries are doing the exact same thing with us.

map behind me, it covers a vast geographical region. And so again, sheltering in place is the general advice across the board, and if Canadians wish to leave, we are putting in place options for them to do so, and those options are tailored to the particular country and are based to some extent on whether that country has open air space by which flights can lead the region.

over the course of the next three days. In other words, we are making sure that all Canadians who wish to leave have an option to do so, and can do so on a car cost recovery basis.

importance of the ROCA system and registering. We've seen an increase in our ROCA numbers, the reason being that the advice is tailored to specific countries and is changing.

have options in place for Canadians. We are also working with our allies to ensure that there's this reciprocal arrangement

between countries. In addition, I have been working with a number of my counterparts it's in Middle East and Gulf countries to ensure that if Canadians wish to transfer over land, that our Surge officials from Global Affairs who are in place in those countries will be able to assist with the land crossings life in Turkmenistan and al Zarbaijan and Armenia and TURKEYA and I've spoken with each of the foreign ministers in those countries to ensure that they will

allow our GAK officials to be in country and to help Canadians. Finally, in addition to the first two items I mentioned flights chartered in block bookings as well as land transportation, ensuring assistance at borders by having Surged GHAK support in place, I will also point to my continued conversations with my counterparts in the Gulf region in the Middle East, where I am specifically requesting that Canadians can

lead their countries by any means possible. I spoke with the Foreign Minister of Oman, for example, yesterday regarding Oman airspace. I've also been in contact with my counterpart from the UAE on the same question. So the key point, and the summary of my answer is that we have a number of avenues that we are working hard to ensure that those two thousand and thirty five Canadians can indeed leave the region.