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I'm conflicted on whether Canadians should warmly receive any 'conscientious objectors' this time around ('last time around' meaning war objectors in the Vietnam era).
While I understand their desire to flee what they feel is a dangerous domestic situation.. it's not to the same point as the Vietnam War where citizens were being conscripted to fight in a foreign conflict; today, they voted, and they got a government they may not like, but as citizens aren't they supposed to then work to get it back they way they want?
If they're eligible for emigration and can obtain landed immigrant status, fine. But they may have to live with fixing their problem at home, and cannot rely on being able to just pul up stakes and 'ride it out' in another friendly nation. If they end up not liking it in Canada, are they just going to leave there too?
Their boots on the ground and votes at the balloting stations will be needed more than ever in their home country in 2 and 4 years, presuming they'll get a chance to vote again; which is something they need to stay and fight for! (Be that in the courts, the halls of Congress, or even in the streets, heaven forbid).
What about asylum seekers? Isn't looking great for trans people...
True. I hope asylum is always on the table for cases where someone may be in physical danger. So sad we even have to contemplate such things.
Replace American with Indian or Chinese in this comment;)