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It created controversy, with the right complaining of giving amnesty to criminals and those on the left complaining that requesting a pardon required the admission of a crime. [17] According to sociologist John Hagan, after the 1977 amnesty about half of the draft evaders in Canada remained while the other half returned to the United States. [18]
Draft evader Ken Kiask spent eight years traveling continuously across the Global South before returning to the U.S. [40] The number of Vietnam-era draft evaders leaving for Canada is hotly contested. [41] Estimates range from a floor of 30,000 to a ceiling of 100,000, depending in part on who is being counted as a draft evader. [42]
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.
[33] [34] As a counselor for the Programme, Mark Satin wrote the Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada in 1968. [35] [36] It sold nearly 100,000 copies overall. [37] [3] In 1970, Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot recorded his song "Sit Down Young Stranger" to express his views on Canada's acceptance of American draft evaders. [citation needed]
The official synopsis for the film reads: “Leonard Fife, one of 60,000 draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his ...
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It took a big step toward a repeat by beating rival Canada 4-1 on the final day of 2024 to claim the top seed in its group at the under-20 tournament that features hockey's top drafted and draft ...