Wayne Long on Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL

In the House of Commons on February 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISILGovernment Orders

February 22nd, 2016 / 6:10 p.m.

Liberal

Wayne Long Liberal Saint John—Rothesay, NB

Mr. Speaker, let me cite a few things. Since flying the first missions for the coalition on October 13, our CF-18s represent 5% of all sorties flown by coalition fighter aircraft over that time. Less than one-fifth of sorties flown by the CF-18s resulted in a strike against ISIS targets. That represents 2.6% of all coalition air strikes since Canada's involvement began.

Given those small numbers and small percentages, does my colleague not feel that Canada's best way is to send more training and support that way?

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