War resister Dean Walcott received responses to both his Pre-Removal Risk Assessment and Humanitarian and Compassionate applications today. As expected, both were negative. Dean has been ordered to leave Canada by January 6. Dean joined the United States Marine Corps…
Category: Canadian News
Federal Conservative Party Convention reminded most Canadians oppose war in Afghanistan
Nov. 15, 2008: Winnipeggers remind delegates to the 2008 Conservative Party of Canada convention that most Canadians oppose the war in Afghanistan. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk More than 100 people gathered outside the Convention Centre on Saturday, November 15 to demonstrate…
Majority of Canadians support US war resisters
Canadians prefer tangible foreign aid to value spreading: Poll by Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 OTTAWA – Canadians say providing bridges, roads and other forms of concrete foreign assistance is more important than spreading such Canadian…
Ain’t gonna study war no more!
The Peace Alliance Winnipeg is adding a new link on our web page. The link is to “Operation Objection.” Operation Objection is a Canada wide counter-recruitment campaign to reclaim our education institutions for peace and the interests of students from those…
Good news for war resisters in Canada
War resister Matt Lowell granted stay of removal Iraq war resister Matt Lowell was granted a stay of deportation on October 27th. Matt had been ordered to leave Canada by October 28th or face deporation to the United States where…
Canada’s Afghan Torture Inquiry To Go Ahead
THE AFGHAN MISSION: PRISONER TRANSFER Defiant military watchdog widens inquiry Report calls for hearings into alleged handover of detainees to torturers; top officers could be forced to testify by PAUL KORING Globe and Mail, October 1, 2008 The Harper government’s…
Last minute reprieve for Iraq War resister Jeremy Hinzman
Judge grants U.S. deserter’s last-ditch effort to stave off deportation The Canadian Press, September 22, 2008 TORONTO — A high-profile American war dodger won a desperate bid to stay in Canada on Monday as a judge refused to allow Canada…
Peace activists occupy Tory candidate’s office to protest planned deportation of American Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman and his family
Peace activists occupy Tory election campaign office in Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008 to focus attention on deportation of American war resister Jeremy Hinzman. Photo: Paul Graham (Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008) Anti-war activists peacefully occupied the campaign office of federal Conservative…
Canada’s Afghanistan war tab $22 billion
by David Pugliese, Canwest News Service The Afghan war is going to end up costing the Defence Department more than $22 billion, both in actual money spent on the mission and future payments to rebuild equipment and provide long-term care…
Update: War resister Robin Long sentenced to prison
War Resister Robin Long Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison Sarah Lazare, Alternet, August 25, 2008 Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement and…