Sajjan must explain what’s next for Canada in Iraq

The defence minister’s elusiveness would appear to indicate that the Trudeau Liberals don’t have a clue what to do now that Canada’s allies are fighting each other.

The Liberals earlier this month used their majority on the House Defence Committee to adjourn debate on an opposition Conservative motion to call Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to testify on Canada's role in the fight against Daesh. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

February 14, 2018

OTTAWA—Earlier this month, Conservative Party defence critic James Bezan put forward a motion requesting that Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan appear before a House of Commons committee. It was Bezan’s hope that Sajjan could answer questions to Parliament—and, by extension, all Canadians—about...

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