LILLEY: Mark Carney's silence after Iran fired missiles at Canadian military personnel unacceptable
· Toronto Sun
Iran fired missiles at a military base housing members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Carney government said nothing for almost two weeks.
When they finally did say something it was only because Montreal newspaper La Presse had reported on the matter.
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There was significant damage to the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait, which houses Canadian, Italian and other NATO troops. No personnel were injured, thankfully, but the government should have informed the Canadian public.
Instead there was silence – followed by flippant remarks when Mark Carney was asked about this by reporters on Thursday.
“Well, I mean, I’m not the only spokesperson for the government,” the Prime Minister said.
Mark Carney was asked about the missile strike on Camp Canada at the Ali Al-salem Air Base in Kuwait.
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) March 13, 2026
It happened on March 1.
We never heard about it from the government.
Carney was asked today by a French Rad-Can reporter. His answer in English was worse than in French. pic.twitter.com/QvEHqVgIaU
We aren’t attacking Iran but they are attacking us
He went on with his boilerplate remarks about all military members being safe and that Canada isn’t involved “in these actions” as he calls the military strikes against Iran.
Well, maybe we aren’t engaged in striking Iran, but they are engaged in striking out against us – and Carney decided to hide it.
That decision and his dismissive comment, once again aimed at a female reporter, show that he doesn’t feel he needs to be open and honest with Canadians – he can’t be bothered to level with us peasants.
Leave it to him, he’s in charge.
Italy told their citizens right away – Canada was secretive
The Italians told their citizens about the attack the day it happened, as per a report from Agence France Presse .
“There was significant damage to the runway but no Italian personnel were injured,” Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted as saying.
“The Italian air force members at the Kuwait base that was attacked with missiles from Iran are all safe. They were in the bunker.”
Canadian Press reported that they first asked the Department of National Defence about the strike on March 6 and it took a week to get a response.
“We are aware of reports of strikes in the vicinity of Ali Al-Salem Air Base. For operational security reasons, we do not discuss assessments of damage or impacts to military facilities,” DND spokesperson Lt. Pamela Hogan told CP on Thursday after La Presse broke the story.
“Based on events since Feb. 27, efforts have focused on the force protection of Canadian Armed Forces members, including relocating some within the region, staying in their location if force protection is appropriate and where applicable, redeploying some back to Canada.”
Carney fails to show leadership
This is completely unacceptable.
A hostile foreign government fired upon Canadian military personnel with ballistic missiles. The Canadian public should have been told about this and told promptly.
It’s clear though the Prime Minister is struggling with how he should respond to this war given that many in his caucus oppose it .
His initial instincts were correct. He spoke out in favour of the strikes using clear and moral language.
“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security,” he said on Feb. 28.
Since then, he has said he only supports these strikes with regret, that Canada could get involved, that Canada definitely won’t get involved, he has called for a ceasefire and given Canadians a muddled view of the thinking driving his government’s policies .
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The regime in Iran was the one who killed 55 Canadian citizens, 30 permanent residents and 53 others with connections to Canada when they downed Flight PS 752 in January 2020. They are the same regime that tortured and killed Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi in 2003.
It’s the same regime that was kicked out of Canada for spying on our country and harassing our citizens. They have oppressed, tortured and murdered their own citizen by the thousands of late.
Now, they have shot at Canadians and our NATO allies and Mark Carney wants to stay silent about it.
This is not leadership. It’s cowardice.
Carney is afraid to take the correct moral stand on this war and simply say eliminating this regime will make the world a better place.