So Ignatieff wants us to leave Afghanistan in 2011. It was the original date set for us to leave but it seems we might be asked to stay longer.
Should Canada stay longer, regardless of other NATO country contributions just because the US askes us to ?
CTV.ca | Canada must pull its troops out by 2011, says Ignatieff
Should Canada stay longer, regardless of other NATO country contributions just because the US askes us to ?
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says Canada should not prolong its military mission in Afghanistan even if U.S. President Barack Obama wants it to do so.
Ignatieff says he intends to press that point to Obama when he meets him in Ottawa on Thursday.
There have been indications Obama will ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper to maintain the Canadian military presence in the wartorn country.
Ignatieff, who was in Quebec City on Tuesday to meet with Mayor Regis Labeaume, said there must be a revision in the strategy in Afghanistan where Taliban and other insurgents have battled NATO forces for six years.
CTV.ca | Canada must pull its troops out by 2011, says Ignatieff