Iraq mission: Comparing the leaders’ positions on military involvement
Interviews with the party leaders this week on CBC's The Nationalrevealed a sharp difference of opinion about Canada's military role in fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Canada joined the U.S.-led coalition to combat ISIS last year. The mission, Operation Impact, includes six CF-18s, an aerial refueller, two surveillance planes and about 600 personnel involved in the air war, as […]Sylvia Thomson reports for CBC:
Interviews with the party leaders this week on CBC's The Nationalrevealed a sharp difference of opinion about Canada's military role in fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Canada joined the U.S.-led coalition to combat ISIS last year. The mission, Operation Impact, includes six CF-18s, an aerial refueller, two surveillance planes and about 600 personnel involved in the air war, as well as 69 special forces training Kurdish fighters.
The three leaders who have participated so far in Peter Mansbridge's interviews have laid out dramatically different directions for the future of Canada's military mission in Iraq and Syria. (Canadian Press) The commitment could run until the end of March. Defence Minister Jason Kenney revealed last April that the total cost for the mission could top $528 million, in incremental costs over the Defence Department's regular expenses to maintain the Armed Forces.
