Harjit Sajjan Tours Front Lines, Talks Rebooted Training Mission With Iraqis-Kurds

The Canadian Press, 21 Dec, 2015 11:28 AM

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan toured the front lines in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Monday, meeting with Kurdish military commanders and Canadian special forces who repelled last week's major offensive west of Irbil.

He says the issue of the Trudeau government's plan to withdraw CF-18 fighter-bombers hasn't come up in conversations with either Iraqi officials in Baghdad, nor the Kurds.

Instead, Sajjan says they've discussed how Canada can refocus its military commitment with a beefed up training mission, and he's given some suggestions on contributions the country can make — ideas he hadn't previously considered.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Winnipeg Hospital ERs Continue To Have The Longest Wait Times In Canada: CIHI

WINNIPEG — New data shows Winnipeg hospitals still have the longest emergency room wait times in Canada.

Winnipeg Hospital ERs Continue To Have The Longest Wait Times In Canada: CIHI

Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari Criticizes Snail-Mail Holiday Cards, Prefers Digital

The Liberal Party sent out a holiday greeting on social media Tuesday, extolling the virtues of electronic holiday cards over physical ones.

Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari Criticizes Snail-Mail Holiday Cards, Prefers Digital

B.C. Privacy Report Recommends Government Stop Triple Deleting Its Emails

VICTORIA — A former privacy commissioner says British Columbia's government must drop its policy of deleting potentially sensitive emails in an effort to improve its freedom-of-information practices.

B.C. Privacy Report Recommends Government Stop Triple Deleting Its Emails

B.C. Family Attempted To Claim $50-Million Prize Anonymously Before Finally Stepping Up

VANCOUVER — It's been a $50-million dollar question across Canada for the last 21 months: who owns the lone winning ticket from a 2014 Lotto Max draw.