Dan Vandal on Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL

In the House of Commons on February 23rd, 2016. See this statement in context.

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISILGovernment Orders

February 23rd, 2016 / 1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Dan Vandal Liberal Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, MB

First, Mr. Speaker, that was not my quote. That was the quote of a colonel who was active very close to the battle in Iraq. That was his quote.

I think what is important in this whole initiative is that we are taking a multi-faceted approach. We are increasing the number of soldiers in the area by 200. We are tripling the size of our train, assist, and advise mission to train local forces to fight their wars.

We are adding $145 million over three years to counterterrorism; we are adding $840 million for humanitarian assistance; and finally, we are adding $270 million to help rebuild local infrastructure.

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