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ANTALYA, Turkey The Liberal government has doubled down on its plan to withdraw Canadian military aircraft from Iraq and Syria, and to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year. But it has also signalled a willingness to consider other options for fighting the Islamic State.

Friday’s terrorist attacks on Paris – and the question of how to respond – have cast a pall over this Mediterranean resort where leaders from the 20 richest nations have gathered to rub shoulders and debate how to solve the big challenges facing the world.

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The Islamic State (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which killed 129 and injured more than 300 others. French President François Hollande has declared the attacks an act of war. U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders have reiterated the importance of continuing to fight the extremist group.

The attacks offered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an easy excuse, if he had wanted one, to break his promise to end Canada’s participation in the U.S.-led bombing mission against ISIL. He also could have used questions over whether some of the Paris attackers masqueraded as refugees to soften his pledge about the 25,000 Syrians.