NDP REALITY CHECK: Justin Trudeau supports half of the mission in Iraq

Now that Canadian Forces on the ground have been engaged in combat with enemy forces in Iraq, Justin Trudeau has an interesting take on things. Last week the Department of National Defence revealed that Canadian soldiers who are participating in an “advise and assist” role have in fact been engaging in direct fire and directing the dropping of bombs.

Here’s what Justin Trudeau said today:

“Well, there's two parts of the mission, the airstrikes mission and the advise and assist mission that the Liberal party from the very beginning was supportive of.” – Justin Trudeau, media availability, January 28, 2015

Well, that’s odd. Here’s what Trudeau had to say about combat in September:

"The Liberal Party is not supportive of any extension into a combat role. We think Canada's role should be strictly non-combat." – Justin Trudeau, media availability, September 25 2014

And he never thought airstrikes were a good idea, did he?

“Mr. Trudeau, however, did not completely rule out sending jet fighters in the future.” – Globe and Mail, September 11, 2014

Well, there’s at least one time he was right:

“I think Mr. Mulcair is, you know -- from what I hear, has a lot more questions about Canada's involvement.” – Justin Trudeau, September 17, 2014

Canadians deserve better.