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Expatriate Americans Find Shelter From Draft in Canada
A look at Americans fleeing to Canada to dodge the Vietnam draft describes the influx, its demographics, and the aid networks that assist them. Dodgers and deserters settle in Toronto and Ottawa hostels, work with TADP and UAE, and navigate immigration rules while viewing Canada as a refuge from U.S. policy and war.
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Toronto
America
Canada
United States
George III
New York
Pennsylvania
Maritime Provinces
Midwest
Chris Sheehan
Ohio
R. G Benjahmin
NDP
New Democratic Party
Pariament
U.S
Dee Knight
Oregon
California University
McCarthy
Chicago
Hilton
Can-Air
Biafra
Haight
Camden St
Central Automatic Transmission Service
Cats 2
Joseph Meller
John Pocock
Joan
Pocock
Frank Sinatra
Marcello Mastroianni
TADP
John Levy
Queens
N.Y
Levy
William Spira
Toronto Steel
Joseph McCarthy
Spira
Union of
Uae
University of Toronto
Amex-Canada
Union
Pastalrate
Stanley Peitlock
Peilock
Newsweek
Peace Corps
Montreal
Montreal Council
American Deserters Committee
John
Council
Harvard
Liberal Party
Allan J. MacEachen
MacEachen
Benjahmin
Budapest
Saigon
Ciimeas