Refuge in Canada
A majority of Canadians are of the view that U.S. war resisters who had fled to Canada to avoid having to serve in Iraq should be able remain in Canada. The Canadian parliament is considering an amendment to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which would provide legal sanctuary for U.S. war resisters.
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)