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Different case.

U.S. deserter wins appeal in fight for refugee status

The Immigration and Refugee Board was wrong when it decided that an American deserter couldn't claim refugee status in Canada because the military transgressions he was evading weren't severe enough to be war crimes or crimes against humanity, the Federal Court ruled yesterday.

The judgment lowers one of the bars that the recent wave of American deserters need to clear when they seek asylum in Canada.

It said that dodging orders that are "contrary to the basic rules or norms of human conduct" is enough grounds to apply for refugee protection.

"Mr. Key did not have the opportunity to present a meaningful case on that issue ," Judge Barnes wrote.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080705.CLAIM05/TPStory/?query=joshua

As to the reason for this new action? Who knows.

I would think that since they lost the other case they are out to prove something. The other possibility is that they wish to change the news headlines from the environment and global warming.