Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said airstrikes end tomorrow, local training will be ramped up
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says airstrike operations, while useful in the short term for military and territorial gains, do not on their own result in long-term stability. Have your say via our CBC Forum discussion.
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- What do you think of the Liberals' anti-ISIS plan?
- Is the government right to pull Canada's jets out of the fight against ISIS?
- ISIS airstrikes by Canada to end by Feb. 22, training forces to triple
Canadian coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are set to end tomorrow.
That's according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced two weeks ago that Canada would pull its jets out of the fight by February 22.
Instead, the Liberal government is boosting humanitarian aid and putting more boots on the ground.
We want to know what you think: Is the government right to pull jets out of the fight against ISIS? What will it lead to? Would there be a better alternative? Weigh in via CBC Forum, our new experiment to encourage a different type of discussion on our website.
For today's chat, we have partnered up with CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup, who will be asking the same question on its show this afternoon.
They will be sharing some of the best forum comments live on the air. You can join guest host Laura Lynch by tuning into CBC Radio One at 1 p.m. PT, 2 p.m. MT, 3 p.m. CT, 4 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. AT and 5:30 p.m. NT.
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