15,000 Canadians support U.S. War Resisters (in Parliament)

Over 15,000 petition signatures are presented in the Canadian Parliament (House of Commons) on June 21, 2005, in support of the ever-growing number of U.S. War Resisters seeking refuge in Canada due to the illegal and destabilizing war in Iraq.

The petitions are presented by supporter Bill Siksay, elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Burnaby--Douglas, in British Columbia, Canada, and the NDP's critic for Citizenship and Immigration.

Since that time, thousands more petitions have been signed and delivered to the House of Commons.

More information:
http://www.resisters.ca/

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[NaturalSelection2]

Death Penalty for not joining in an illegal war? What has the world come too..

[WarResistersCanada]

Yes - it's technically on the books that a soldier who deserts during a "time of war" can face the death penalty under military justice. Ironically, those who start illegal wars face no penalty at all, even if those wars cause mass death and destruction.

[WarResistersCanada]

Thank you to the 15,000 plus Canadians who signed the petition. Many more have been signed and submitted since 2005.

[1gunner1000]

Beware people, there are fat bankers trying to take over the world, they are buying people out to accomplish this goal. Look at the European union, the African union and the Asian union. Now the SPP.

[luvmyctd]

There would be a hell of a lot more than 15,000 signatures if more were aware of it at the time or knew how to participate. Harper has disgraced Canada one more time by getting on his knees for Bush and US policy. Where is the saviour Obama on this? What's his position on this?

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[uscomputing]

I am in the US Navy, and it really is ashame that the Canadian government goes the other way with this.

[LaBrazeau]

A black juror and a woman at that, makes me proud!!