ISIS combat debate: NDP amendment would block combat, boost aid

The full text of New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair's proposed amendment to the government's motion seeking House support for their decision to expand and extend Canada's role in the fight against ISIS:

That Government Business No. 13 be amended:

a) by deleting clause iii) and replacing it with the following:

iii) accept that, unless confronted with strong and direct force from capable and enabled local forces, the threat ISIL poses to international peace and security, including to Canadian communities, will continue to grow;

b) by deleting all words after accordingly and replacing them with the following:

a. call on the Government to contribute to the fight against ISIL, including military support for the transportation of weapons for a period of up to three months; b. call on the Government to boost humanitarian aid in areas where there would be immediate, life-saving impact, including contributing to building winterized camps for refugees; and investing in water, sanitation and hygiene, health and education for people displaced by the fighting; c. call on the Government to provide assistance to investigation and prosecution of war crimes; d. call on the Government to not deploy the Canadian Forces in combat operations; e. call on the Government to seek House approval for any extension of the mission, or any involvement of Canadian Forces in Syria; f. call on the Government to report back on the costs of the mission on a monthly basis to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs; and, g. continue to offer its resolute and wholehearted support to the brave men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces who stand on guard for all of us.