John Ivison: Carney updates his Davos principles to back attacking Iran

John Ivison/National Post: But Carney’s support for the U.S. “to prevent the regime from further threatening international peace and security” qualifies as principled and pragmatic — just not according to the definition he laid out in Davos.

Canada’s support for Trump is limited and specific. It does not follow that Canada has “abandoned” the rules-based international order just because this instance involves the Americans, as Axworthy charged. Carney’s Davos speech was equally specific that Canada stood firmly with Greenland and Denmark, and that its commitment to NATO’s Article 5 in the face of Trump’s menaces was unwavering…