Canada excluded from anti-ISIS coalition meeting in Paris
CTV News Tuesday 19th January, 2016
Canada has been excluded from a counter-ISIS coalition meeting in Paris this week.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, but a spokesperson for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan confirmed Canada is not invited.
The Liberal government has promised to pull Canada's CF-18 fighter jets from the coalition bombing mission against ISIS. While Ottawa has not given a timeline, Canada's fighter-jet commitment ends in April.
Sajjan's director of communications, Renee Filiatrault, said the minister is focused on a later coalition meeting of defence ministers on Feb. 11.
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