11.14.2007

war resister fact of the day (also updated)

You probably know that Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau welcomed Vietnam War deserters and draft resisters to Canada in 1969, saying that Canada can be a "refuge from militarism".

But did you know that was a full seven years after Americans opposing the war in Vietnam started coming to Canada, in 1962?

Did you know that in those intervening seven years, peace-loving Canadians were pressuring their government to make this move?

In other words, Trudeau was acting on behalf of the will of the people.

It happened before: it can happen again.

I need no reminder that Stephen Harper is not Pierre Trudeau. Two words: minority government. The NDP and the Bloc Québécois already support a resolution to let them stay. If the Liberals will get on board, it can happen.

Tell them how you feel.

Let them stay.

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