had he gone." Supreme Court of Canada On 15 November 2007, a quorum of the Supreme Court of Canada made of Justices Michel Bastarache, Rosalie Abella, and Louise Charron refused an application to have the Court hear the case on appeal, without giving reasons. In an editorial for the Ottawa Citizen, Lawrence Hill accused the courts of a double standard concerning the 1995 decision where the Federal Court of Appeal granted refugee status to a deserter from Iraq. Political aftermath in 2007 and 2008 Following the Supreme Court's decision, NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow asked the parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to vote in favour of allowing conscientious objectors who refused or left U.S. military service in Iraq to be allowed to stay in Canada. On 6 December 2007, after some amendments to Chow's original motion, the Standing Committee adopted a motion recommending that:the government immediately implement a program to allow conscientious objectors and their immediate family members (partners and dependents), who have refused or left military service related to a war not sanctioned by the United Nations and do not have a criminal record, to apply for permanent resident status and remain in Canada; and that the government should immediately cease any removal or deportation actions that may have already commenced against such individuals.On 3 June 2008, the Parliament of Canada passed a motion (137 to 110) that recommended the government immediately implement a program which would "allow conscientious objectors...to a war not sanctioned by the United Nations...to...remain in Canada." The motion gained international attention from the New York Times, Britain's BBC, and the New Zealand press. On July 22 that year, Officer S. Parr issued a negative decision on the Hinzman application to stay in Canada on "humanitarian and compassionate grounds." On July 25, she also issued a distinctly separate negative decision on the Hinzman application to stay in Canada as refugees (in their "Pre-Removal Risk Assessment"). That following August 13, the Canada Border Services Agency ordered Hinzman, along with his wife, son, and baby daughter, to leave the country by 23 September 2008. In response to that order, at a press conference on September 18, Bob Rae, the Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic, joined Hinzman to make an urgent appeal to the Conservative government to stop the imminent deportation of Hinzman and his family. He also urged the government to support a motion passed earlier that