The Harper government does it again, showing the world an ugly side of Canada that I personally find offensive.
One of the first U.S. Army deserters from Iraq to seek refugee status in Canada has been ordered deported.
Jeremy Hinzman said Wednesday he was ordered out of the country by September 23 by Canada's Border Services Agency.
Hinzman deserted the U.S. Army in 2004 after learning his unit was to be deployed to Iraq. He refused to participate in what he calls an immoral and illegal war....
...The Canadian Parliament's lower house passed a nonbinding motion in June allowing U.S. military deserters to stay in Canada, but the Conservative government ignored the vote.
Conservative government party members opposed the motion, not willing to risk straining ties with Washington over the issue or fight rulings already made by the courts and immigration officials.
Again to the world, Harper and friends really don't represent what Canada is about, at least up until now.
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