By Laura Payton, CBC News
The Canadian Forces will be part of NATO's mission over Libya as long as it continues, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday in Paris.
Harper was in France to meet with other world leaders and the leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council to discuss what comes next in the country, and what they will need to rebuild and move to democratic elections in about 18 months.
Canada joined the NATO mission in March and has extended it once already to Sept. 27. Conservative MPs have until this week said it was too early to decide what help would be necessary after the extended mandate ran out.
"Canada will be a part of the military mission until it reaches its conclusion," Harper said. "And as you know, while considerable progress has been made, particularly in the past couple of weeks, we're not at that point. And we will stay and make sure the job is finished so that the transition can be as harmonious and complete as possible."
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