Refugee Protection Act: Humanitarian And Compassionate Grounds

Stop Loss Order Dept: The 32-year-old war resister marked his one-year anniversary of sanctuary by making a public appeal to the public and Canadian government for all Iraqi war resisters, according to Vancouver Sun. Watson said he's awaiting anxiously an coming House of Commons vote on a bill to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Bill C-440 would allow Watson to remain in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds based on his moral and political objections to a war not sanctioned by the United Nations, and the fact that he was subject to a stop-loss order by the U.S. military. A vote is expected later this month and while the war in Iraq may officially be drawing to a close, former U.S. soldier Rodney Watson's battle to stay in Canada continues from a small one-bedroom suite within the First United Church in Vancouver. "We are not criminals. We are taking a stand for peace and love. What you have here are people who have taken a stand against the government for a war that was deemed wrong," he said. As reported in the news.
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