American military deserter Dean Walcott has been denied his request to stay in Canada.
Walcott said in a news release Wednesday that his pre-removal risk assessment application - which could have allowed him to stay in Canada - has been turned down.
His request to stay in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds was also denied, he said.
The former U.S. marine, who deployed twice to Iraq, must leave Canada by Jan. 6, 2009 or face deportation. He arrived in Canada in Dec. 2006.
"Obviously I am disappointed in this decision, in light of the fact that Prime Minister Harper said himself during the election campaign that the Iraq war was absolutely an error," Walcott said in the release.
"Everything I was told about this war proved to be lies. I don't think I should be punished for walking away from that war."
~ canada.com ~
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