Canada to play active role in terror fight but without fighter jets: Trudeau
Posted Nov 16, 2015 07:29:21 AM.
Last Updated Nov 16, 2015 10:50:00 AM.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has told his fellow G20 leaders that Canada will continue to make a strong military contribution in the fight against Islamic militants – but it won’t be from the air.
Trudeau says his government will follow through on its election campaign commitment to withdraw fighter jets from the coalition flying missions against targets in Iraq and Syria.
He has told his fellow leaders Canada will concentrate its military contribution on strengthening efforts to train Kurdish fighters in their ground war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Trudeau says that’s an expertise Canadian troops have developed, especially during the war in Afghanistan.
Trudeau called ISIL a “scourge” as he condemned Friday’s terror attack in Paris and a previous incident in Turkey during a dinner Sunday night at the Turkish resort of Antalya, where the G20 was meeting.
