Prime Minister Mark Carney made “a terrible mistake” with his immediate full-throated support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, Canadian historian and security-intelligence expert Wesley Wark said yesterday. Professor Wesley Wark, author of the National Security and Intelligence Newsletter on Substack (Photo: Balsillie School of International Affairs). Lest readers have not heard of him, Dr. Wark is not some naive peacenik. A professor, author and former advisor to the public safety minister on national security policy, he has served on the Canadian Advisory Council on National Security and the advisory council to the Canada Border Services Agency. “It seems we still struggle to unhook ourselves from thought and policy dependency on the United States, despite a brave speech in Davos,” Dr. Wark observed.

Source: CBC News March 01, 2026 16:14 UTC