Patrick Hart and Canada

: Supporters say that no U.S. soldier who has filed a claim to legally stay in Canada over the past 10 years has been successful, according to Brandon Sun. BUFFALO, N.Y. - When Army Sgt. Canada has developed a much less hospitable reputation for resisters than it once had. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era and take refuge across the border. The country that once welcomed war resisters has developed a much different reputation during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Supporters say no U.S. soldier who has sought legal residence in Canada, either as a refugee or on humanitarian grounds, has been successful. "Nobody won," said Hart, a Buffalo native who exhausted his legal options then turned himself in to the Army, was court-martialed for desertion and sentenced to two years in prison. But after five years of wrangling with the Canadian immigration system, he came back to the U.S. — and ended up in a military prison. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.