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Approximately 20,000 American draft evaders sought asylum in Canada after being called up in the Vietnam War draft. [12] American draft evaders of the Vietnam War were later pardoned by US President Jimmy Carter in 1977, several years after the conflict ended, with Proclamation 4483 .
Vietnam War resisters in Canada were American draft evaders and military deserters who avoided serving in the Vietnam War by seeking political asylum in Canada between 1965 and 1975. Draft avoiders were typically college -educated and middle class Americans who could no longer avoid conscription . [ 1 ]
The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (French: Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.It was mainly caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in the war, but also brought out many issues regarding relations between French Canadians and English Canadians.
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The Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada, published jointly by the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme and the House of Anansi Press, sold nearly 100,000 copies, [54] [55] and one sociologist found that the Manual had been read by over 55% of his data sample of U.S. Vietnam War emigrants either before or after they arrived in Canada. [56]
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Up to 90% of evaders had fled to Canada, with up to 50,000 settling there permanently. [4] Jimmy Carter promised during his presidential campaign that he would pardon draft evaders of the Vietnam War, [3] calling it the "single hardest decision" of his campaign. [5] He signed the proclamation on January 21, 1977, his first full day in office. [3]