Where is the misunderstanding? Long joined the military voluntarily and then deserted which doesn't qualify him as a refugee and he is being kicked out of the country. If he truly believes the he is being asked to do something contrary to what he signed up for let him fight this battle on the lawn of the White House not Parliament Hill.
Canada to deport U.S. war deserter
VANCOUVER — U.S. army deserter Robin Long is slated to be deported back to his army base in Fort Knox, Ky., Tuesday, which would make him the first resister to the U.S. war effort in Iraq to be sent out of Canada.
Madam Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada cleared the way for the deportation late Monday, dismissing a last-ditch attempt to delay the process while the 25-year-old pursued further appeals.
“I was just shocked at some things in [the] ruling,” Bob Ages, a spokesman for an informal group called Vancouver War Resisters Support Campaign, told reporters outside the courtroom. “It just flies in the face of everything that we and every Canadian know about the reality of what is going on.”
Mr. Ages said the court misunderstood the situation facing Mr. Long upon his return.
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