Tankers sail in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, on March 11. Canada has joined six of its allies expressing a readiness to help reopen the strait to oil and gas tanker traffic. (Stringer/Reuters) Canada has signed on to a joint statement by the leaders of seven countries calling on Iran to immediately cease all attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping and expressing a readiness to contribute to efforts to reopen the Strait. The statement does not say how the countries might help, althoughRead more