Barbaric acts such as this do not shake our resolve but, rather, confirm the rightness of our cause and the vital necessity of our mission against ISIL. We will not be intimidated
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on beheadings of Coptic Christians in Libya
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement after learning that up to 21 Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians had reportedly been beheaded in Libya by groups linked to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL):