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DRAFT DODGERS GO HOME?
Should foreign soldiers who want to avoid being sent to war because they don't believe in their country's motives, be allowed to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds? Or should they be considered criminals because they've broken civil and military law in their own country? Immigration Lawyer Guidy Mamann explains Canadian rules for these issues and then Gerard Kennedy, Liberal MP, talks about his private member's bill that would allow deserters and draft dodgers to stay.
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10 August 2010 - 19:26
Yes, they should be allowed to stay. I grew up in B.C. where there many "draft dogers" from the U.S. and they made a positive contribution to Canada. Rarely has a Canadian government -- the Harper Tories -- based its foreign and domestic policies so closely upon the U.S.
Sent by Jim Bremner, Toronto,
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