Mr. Speaker, despite having few answers about the mission, it is pretty clear Conservatives have made up their minds when it comes to deploying forces to Iraq.
New Democrats have a consistent approach. We believe in fighting extremism in ways consistent with Canadian values and focused on saving lives.
Meanwhile, Liberals have embraced all sides of every argument on this, on any given day. A couple of weeks ago, the leader of the Liberal Party told The Globe that he did not completely rule out sending jet fighters in the future. Later, he told the media that any mission must be non-combat.
Meanwhile, his foreign affairs critic was saying no to air strikes on Sunday morning, but backing away by sundown.
However, as the Liberal leader admitted, on September 17, “I think [the Leader of the Opposition]...from what I hear, has a lot more questions about Canada's involvement.”
Canadians can count on New Democrats and the NDP leader to ask the tough questions and demand answers of the government.