Major differences like the article said. We now have a volunteer military, also, how can they do this when Canadian soldiers are serving beside ours in Afghanistan?
Larry Lyons wrote: > http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/436575 > > MPs vote to give asylum to U.S. military deserters TheStar.com - Canada - > > Harper government free to ignore motion passed 137 to 110 by opposition > parties > June 04, 2008 > Joanna Smith > Ottawa Bureau > > OTTAWAâMegan Bean admits she was a little naive to think the Iraq war was > all about peacekeeping. > > "We were over there to maintain the peace and we were trying to hand it over > to the Iraqis," said the 19-year-old from Titusville, Penn., who joined the > U.S. Navy out of high school with husband Chris Bean, 19. "This is what we > always heard." > > The couple fled for uncertain amnesty in Canada last month when they learned > Chris would be involuntarily sent on a combat mission to Iraq to take part in > what they came to believe was an unjust war. > > "You don't sign up for (the U.S. Navy) to see a bunch of people kill for no > reason," Megan said. > > The young couple was in Ottawa yesterday to celebrate a motion passed by all > three opposition parties in the House of Commons urging the government to > allow U.S. military deserters and their families to remain in Canada as > permanent residents instead of deporting them to face possible jail time. > > But the motion is non-binding and the victory was bittersweet as the > government is likely to ignore it. > > "We're worried that (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper might not follow the > advice of a majority of the members of the House of Commons who voted today," > NDP Leader Jack Layton told reporters yesterday. > > "He has had a tendency to turn his back on the message of peace that so many > Canadians would want to bring forward and the welcome that they would want to > offer to those who have expressed this particular courage." > > The motion â which passed 137-110 â comes about a week before 25-year-old > Corey Glass is supposed to leave Canada voluntarily after the former national > guardsman was rejected as a refugee and ordered out of the country. > > New Democrat MP Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina), who brought in the motion, > said Canadians had to push the government to provide a safe haven for Vietnam > War resisters and are proud of that history. > > "The government had to listen, even though they didn't want to in the > beginning," she said. > > "I believe the same thing is going to happen, because Canadian values haven't > changed that much in terms of we are a peaceful country and we want to allow > people that would be deported to jail to stay in Canada." > > Citizenship and Immigration spokesperson Danielle Norris said there is a > difference between those who dodged the draft for the Vietnam War and those > who enlisted. > > "Those coming to Canada now volunteered for military service," she said, > adding war resisters are welcome to try to immigrate or apply for refugee > status but must follow the same rules as everyone else. > > © Copyright Toronto Star 1996-2008 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
