Wed., July 9 actions at Canadian Consulates
Stop the deportation of Corey Glass & all US war resisters!

• Join a vigil and delegation near you, including Washington DC, SF, Seattle, Dallas, NYC, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and LA.
• Help organize in one of the dozen remaining cities with a Canadian Consulate
• Let us deliver a message on your behalf, "Dear Canada: Abide by the June 3rd resolution - Let U.S. war resisters stay!"
• Download letters, petitions, and leaflets

Wed., July 2 "call in" day—"Let them stay!"
Call the Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley at 613-996-4974. Ask her to stop deportation proceedings against Corey Glass and all U.S. Iraq war resisters; and implement the motion adopted on June 3rd by Canada’s Parliament to allow U.S. Iraq war resisters to apply for permanent resident status.

Stop the deportation of Corey Glass and all war resisters!

July 9 actions at Canadian Consulates across the United States

Iraq war resister Pablo Paredes at Canadian Consulate, San Francisco. January 25, 2008. Photo: J Paterson

Join a vigil and delegation to a Canadian consulate near you on Wednesday, July 9th to support war resisters.

On the eve of Corey Glass' possible deportation, we will demand, "Dear Canada: Abide by the June 3rd resolution - Let U.S. war resisters stay!"

San Francisco - Noon to 1pm - 580 California St (map). Sponsored by Courage to Resist. Info: 510-488-3559; courage(at)riseup.net
Seattle - Time TBA - 1501 4th Ave (map). Sponsored by Project Safe Haven. Info: 206-499-1220; projectsafehaven(at)hotmail.com
Dallas - Time TBA - 750 North St Paul St (map). Sponsored by North Texas for Justice and Peace. Info: 214-718-6362; hftomlinson(at)riseup.net
New York City - Noon to 1pm - 1251 Avenue of the Americas (map). Sponsored by War Resisters' League. Info: 212-228-0450; wrl(at)warresisters.org
Philadelphia - Time TBA - 1650 Market St (map). Sponsored by Payday Network. Info: 215-848-1120; payday(at)paydaynet.org
Minneapolis - Time TBA - 701 Fourth Ave S (map). Info: TBA
Los Angeles - Noon to 1pm - 550 South Hope St (map). Sponsored by Progressive Democrats LA. Info: pdlavote(at)aol.com
Washington DC - Time TBA - 501 Pennsylvania Ave NW (map). Sponsored by Veterans for Peace. Info: TBA

More details and cities added daily!
Check www.couragetoresist.org for the most up-to-date information.

Help organize a vigil at one of these other Canadian Consulates: Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Anchorage, Houston, Raleigh, Phoenix, or San Diego. (Locations of all 22 Canadian Consulates). Contact Courage to Resist at 510-488-3559 for help.

A few days ago Courage to Resist issued a joint call with Veterans for Peace and Project Safe Haven for July 9th vigils at Canadian Consulates. Since then, North Texas for Justice and Peace, War Resisters' League, Payday Network, and the Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles have stepped forward to make it happen.

Also, read Camilo Mejia's letter "Thank you, Canada, for supporting war resisters!" Camilo is an Iraq veteran and resister, and the current Chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War's Board of Directors.

War Resisters' League and Iraq Veterans Against the War hold vigil outside of NYC Canadian Consulate, Jan. 25, 2008

Background

Recently on June 3rd the Canadian Parliament passed an historic motion to officially welcome war resisters! It now appears, however, that the Conservative government may disregard the motion.

Iraq combat veteran turned courageous war resister, 25-year-old Sgt. Corey Glass of the Indiana National Guard is still scheduled to be deported July 10th.

We will ask that the Canadian government respect the democratic decision of Parliament, the demonstrated opinion of the Canadian citizenry, the view of the United Nations, and millions of Americans by immediately implementing the motion and cease deportation proceedings against Corey Glass and other current and future war resisters.

We mailed and delivered over 10,000 of the original letters to Canadian officials. Please sign the new letter, "Dear Canada: Abide by resolution - Let U.S. war resisters stay!"
http://www.couragetoresist.org/canada