Winnipeg peace activists added their voices, today, to the growing chorus of Canadians who insist that US war resisters be permitted to remain in Canada. Calling on the federal government to honour the Parliamentary vote to grant permanent resident status…
Angus Reid Poll: Most Canadians Would Grant Permanent Residence to U.S. Military Deserters A majority of Canadians would agree with the decision to let American military deserters stay in Canada as permanent residents, a new Angus Reid Strategies survey reveals.…
Speaking in Brandon last week, Defence Minister Peter MacKay pointed to plans to spend another half billion on the Canadian military and asserted that it is a “good time to be a soldier.” Needless to say, this is not a…
July 2 is a nation-wide Day of Action to phone, fax and email Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley’s office to demand that she rescind the order to deport US War Resister Corey Glass. Insist that she allow Corey to…
Omar Khadr at age 14 by The Canadian Press Winnipeg Free Press, June 26, 2008 EDMONTON — The U.S. military’s treatment of a Canadian teen detained at Guantanamo Bay violated international laws against torture, the Federal Court has ruled. Judge…
by Patrick Cockburn Counterpunch, June 26, 2008 The American occupation of Iraq follows the same course as that of British rule after the First World War. At first there was imperial over-confidence following military victory and a conviction that what…
