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On December 6, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration of the House of Commons in Ottawa, after hearing the testimony of former U.S. Army sergeant Phillip McDowell, along with representatives of the Mennonites and Quakers, the Citizenship and Immigration Committee voted 7 to 4 to recommend that the Canadian government immediately implement a program to allow Iraq War resisters (and resisters of any war not sanctioned by the United Nations) and their families to stay in Canada. The motion also calls for an immediate halt to deportation proceedings in these cases.

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A paralyzed refugee claimant named Laibar Singh was denied refugee status by the Canadian government. He is supposed to be sent back to India, where it is believed he will be persecuted by Punjab separatists. He sought sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple. 1000 people protested at the airport, blocking traffic and causing delays. Surrounding the taxi that Singh was inside, the deportation office decided to delay his deportation for the time being.

Peace activists in Olympia, Washington have been campaigning to prevent the military from shipping Stryker armored vehicles to Iraq. We speak with Phan Ngyuen about why they chose this tactic and what success they've had with it. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.

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