Few Leaders Attend Emergency Debate on Canadian Response to ISIS

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At a meagerly attended late-night debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday over Canada’s response to the Islamic State threat, Employment Minister Jason Kenney highlighted the “responsibility to protect” doctrine to fight “genocide” against religious minorities.

The debate was triggered evidently in response to growing tensions worldwide about the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS). However, it was called on by the federal Liberals after the Conservative government announced to dispatch Special Forces as military advisers in Iraq. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Defence Minister Rob Nicholson were all absent from the debate as of midnight. However, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Green Leader Elizabeth May were the major party leaders present along with the several dozen MPs who attended the debate.

During an extensive speech regarding the violence faced by the minorities, Kenney took aim at “moral relativism” and cynicism, highlighting that supporting an existing military presence was the only effective response to the urgent situation. He stressed that “there are hundreds of thousands of girls who are facing serial gang rape in this circumstance in Iraq. There are children who have been beheaded.” Taking a jab at a previous comment by Trudeau, Kenny alleged that the persecuted families “don’t have time for ‘root causes.’” Conclusively, Kenney stated that preventing ISIS from harming more people takes “hard power,” and it was not possible to do it “with pleasant speeches, tents or humanitarian supplies.”

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