OTTAWA – The vote won’t happen until Monday, but both the Liberals and NDP signalled Friday they will oppose the Conservative government’s plan to use airstrikes to battle ISIS for up to six months. Both parties criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s handling of the volatile situation in Iraq. Harper outlined the government’s plan on Friday, which includes airstrikes but no combat troops on the ground in Iraq. He also left the door open to potential action in Syria, if Canada is asked, noting that ISIS has created a “clear and direct threat” to both the region and Canada itself....
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