Jason Kenney outlines objectives of the ISIS mission
One more year. Airstrikes in Syria. Although it doesn't include extra troops or additional planes, the extension and expansion of the mission to fight ISIS is significant. Defence Minister Jason Kenney joins us to address the crucial questions surrounding the mission's exact objectives.
The government has put its plan on the table: a 12-month extension to the current mission to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, and an expansion of the current airstrikes that would now include dropping bombs in Syria.
No extra troops. No soldiers on the ground in Syria. But a heated debate in Ottawa.
With MPs set to vote next week on the extension and expansion of Canada's mission to fight ISIS, we ask Defence Minister Jason Kenney what our long-term objectives are. We also ask former Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May for their take.