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The premier made the comments a day after federal Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada is considering sending vessels and cyber expertise to help secure the Strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire is reached.
Kinew said Canada has prided itself in promoting human rights across the world and that taking steps to end the war would be acting according to those values.
"Not a single Canadian should ever be put in harm's way to defend Donald Trump's foolish Iranian war," he said at the conference Friday.
"I'll go a step further, and I'll say no American either," Kinew said. "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein war."
Methinks Trump and his bankster buddy Carney must admit that even a busted clock is correct twice a day so can the dumb NDP be twice a month N'esy Pas?He added: "The NDP deplores the Carney government's decision to blindly support this dangerous venture by Israel and Donald Trump's administration. We want Canada to be a voice for diplomacy, peace, and international law."
'This is a dumb war,' Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says in letter urging PM to take action to stop Iran conflict
No Canadian should be put in harm's way because of the U.S.-Israel strikes, he tells NDP national convention
Manitoba's premier is calling on Mark Carney to help stop the war in Iran.
Wab Kinew says in a letter to Canada's prime minister that the government must take action to end the conflict, which has led to thousands of deaths in the Middle East.
The war "is causing a lot of suffering overseas," Kinew said in a speech at the NDP's national convention in Winnipeg on Friday.
"It is causing a lot of economic pain to working people here in Canada and across North America."
American President Donald Trump has called on NATO to step up with military resources to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran took control of the regional chokepoint in retaliation for the U.S.-Israel war, effectively halting energy shipments.
About 20 per cent of the world's oil and a fifth of global liquefied natural gas regularly crosses the strait to get to market. Energy prices have skyrocketed since the war began on Feb. 28.
Kinew said in the letter the surge is historic and is impacting the lives of Manitobans.
'Let the Epstein class fight'
"While there is such a thing as a 'just war,' this is not one," the letter said. "This is a dumb war."
The premier made the comments a day after federal Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada is considering sending vessels and cyber expertise to help secure the Strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire is reached.
Kinew said Canada has prided itself in promoting human rights across the world and that taking steps to end the war would be acting according to those values.
"Not a single Canadian should ever be put in harm's way to defend Donald Trump's foolish Iranian war," he said at the conference Friday.
"I'll go a step further, and I'll say no American either," Kinew said. "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein war."
With files from Ian Froese
Canada supports U.S. actions in destroying Iran's nuclear program, Carney says
PM also says Canada not participating militarily and wasn't part of military buildup
As U.S. President Donald Trump charges ahead with a major attack on Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada supports at least one component of the American mission: destroying Iran's nuclear program.
"Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from threatening international peace and security," Carney said in a speech at the Canada-India Growth and Investment Forum in Mumbai on Saturday.
"Canada's position remains clear: The Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world's worst human rights records and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons."
After his speech, Carney said Canada is not participating militarily and that the federal government was "not party to the military buildup or planning."
The U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Are you a Canadian in the Middle East who is considering leaving after military strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran? We want to hear from you. Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.
Soon after the attack began, Trump released a video on social media declaring that the objective of the U.S. "is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime."
"It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon."
Trump claimed that Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach the United States. He also appealed to the Iranian people to "take over your government — it will be yours to take."
Trump acknowledged that there could be American casualties following strikes by Iran, saying "that often happens in war."
Iran hit back at Israel and several Gulf countries with U.S. military bases, which Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand condemned.
"We strongly condemns the attacks of the Iranian regime against our partners in the Middle East," she said in a statement. "These attacks must stop."
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on social media his party supports "the courageous people of Iran in toppling this terror regime and reclaiming their destiny after 47 years of the regime's occupation."
"Conservatives support a democratic, free and permanently-denuclearized Iran that lives in peace and security with its neighbours. And Conservatives support the United States, Israel, and our allies across the Gulf to defend their sovereignty and dismantle the clerical military dictatorship of Iran," Poilievre said.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said on social media in French that his party "recognizes the persistent threat posed by the Iranian regime to the security of the region and the freedom of Iranians," but has concerns the U.S. is using military force without the approval of Congress.
"Such endorsement of the attacks thus appears premature: both Donald Trump and the Iranian regime show a lack of regard for civilian lives, international law must prevail, and negotiation as well as sanctions remain the preferred paths," Blanchet said.
Other federal leaders, including interim NDP Leader Don Davies and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have not yet commented on the attack.
But NDP foreign affairs critic Alexandre Boulerice said in a statement the party "strongly condemns the American and Israeli bombings of Iran. This is a dangerous escalation that risks dragging the entire region into a major conflict."
He added: "The NDP deplores the Carney government's decision to blindly support this dangerous venture by Israel and Donald Trump's administration. We want Canada to be a voice for diplomacy, peace, and international law."
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