David Sirota

So please, I'm asking the media, publicize the phone numbers and the website because we need people to call in so we have their name, we have their contact information, we have their location and their request.

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 international law binds all belligerents.

We condemn the strikes carried out by Iran on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the Middle East.