Liberals to face political pressure if no vote held on withdrawing Canada from Iraq, Syria air strikes

'If they decide to change the mission, from the previous mission, as set down by those motions, I would think they would come to the House and make a motion to alter the mission. They’re just asking for unnecessary grief if they don’t. They’ve got a majority after all,' says former House law clerk Rob Walsh

The Liberal government will likely hold a House of Commons vote before pulling Canadian fighter jets out of U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants in Iraq and Syrian, even though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no legal obligation to seek Parliamentary appr...

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