Maclean’s Live: Watch the PM speak on the war against Islamic State
A federal government motion to expand and extend Canada’s war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will be introduced today. It would expand the mission to ISIL targets in Syria and extend the mission to the end of March, 2016. Federal sources say Prime Minister Stephen Harper will introduce the motion personally in the House of Commons at 10 a.m.:
Live stream
The motion
The motion to extend Canada's mission in Iraq
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