He says the move is designed to show Canadian solidarity with NATO against Russia, which has annexed the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine and backed pro-Russian separatist forces in that region.
The Department of National Defence will spend $36 million on new training facilities for identifying and disposing of improvised explosive devices and other explosive ordinance.
“Your dad put us in the constitution, gave us a box, but there was nothing in it. You have a chance to fill this void,” said Manitoba Métis Leader David Chartrand.
The front line was ruptured in up to five places as Islamic State units unleashed a torrent of artillery and massive, armoured suicide bomber trucks against Kurdish Peshmerga troops.