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Ottawa: 4:30 pm, Wednesday October 3rd, at Minto Place, 344 Slater Street, Ottawa Immigration and Refugee Board.
Toronto: 4:30 pm, Wednesday October 3rd, at Dundas and University, outside Canada Immigration.
On Monday, October 1, U.S. Iraq War resister Robin Long was arrested in Nelson, B.C.. He was taken to the police station and detained. On Tuesday, he was flown to Vancouver, where the authorities intend to bring him to the border and hand him over to the Americans.
Robin came to Canada in 2005 to seek sanctuary after leaving the US Army because of his opposition to the Iraq War. He and his Canadian partner have a year-old little boy, also a Canadian. Robin was denied refugee status last year. He was not permitted to argue that the Iraq War is illegal, even though his decision to come to Canada was largely motivated by that conviction.
Robin Long may be deported because he refused to kill or risk his life in a war of aggression. A similar case is being appealed to the Supreme Court. No war resister should be deported from Canada until the Supreme Court has decided on these cases!
Robin would be the first U.S. Iraq War resister to be returned to the U.S. by the Canadian government.
Join us Wednesday afternoon as we demonstrate outside Canada immigration, and please contact your members of parliament. (As an aside, the NDP already have a release out, so if you've got an NDP MP, it's slightly less of a hurry.)
Toronto: 4:30 pm, Wednesday October 3rd, at Dundas and University, outside Canada Immigration.
On Monday, October 1, U.S. Iraq War resister Robin Long was arrested in Nelson, B.C.. He was taken to the police station and detained. On Tuesday, he was flown to Vancouver, where the authorities intend to bring him to the border and hand him over to the Americans.
Robin came to Canada in 2005 to seek sanctuary after leaving the US Army because of his opposition to the Iraq War. He and his Canadian partner have a year-old little boy, also a Canadian. Robin was denied refugee status last year. He was not permitted to argue that the Iraq War is illegal, even though his decision to come to Canada was largely motivated by that conviction.
Robin Long may be deported because he refused to kill or risk his life in a war of aggression. A similar case is being appealed to the Supreme Court. No war resister should be deported from Canada until the Supreme Court has decided on these cases!
Robin would be the first U.S. Iraq War resister to be returned to the U.S. by the Canadian government.
Join us Wednesday afternoon as we demonstrate outside Canada immigration, and please contact your members of parliament. (As an aside, the NDP already have a release out, so if you've got an NDP MP, it's slightly less of a hurry.)
