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Published on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 by The Canadian Press
US Deserter Faces Deportation Christmas Eve
TORONTO - The War Resisters Support Campaign says Citizenship and Immigration Canada has told a U.S. deserter living in Nanaimo, B.C., that he must leave
Cliff Cornell, originally from
Mr. Cornell's deportation order comes after similar orders for war resisters Corey Glass, Jeremy Hinzman and his family, Patrick Hart and his family, Matt Lowell and Dean Walcott.
The group says in a release that another, Kim Rivera, will receive a decision on Jan. 7.
Ms. Rivera served with the U.S. Army in Iraq and came to Canada with her husband, Mario, and their two children in early 2007.
The War Resisters Support Campaign said it is calling on the federal government to implement a motion adopted by Parliament on June 3, 2008.
The motion recommended that "conscientious objectors to wars not sanctioned by the Security Council of the United Nations" be allowed to remain in
It was adopted by a vote of 137-110 and also directed the government to stop deportation proceedings against war resisters and deserters living in
The Federal Court is to hear an appeal by Jeremy Hinzman against his deportation order on Feb. 10, 2009.
"Minister Jason Kenney should stop all deportations, at least until the Federal Court has completed the Hinzman appeal," said Lee Zaslofsky, co-ordinator of the War Resisters Support Campaign. "It would be a travesty if war resisters were deported, especially over the holidays, only to have the court find that they should be given another chance to apply to stay in
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"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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