I am a 41 year old Canadian. Although I was aware of the Vietnam war and the Draft Dodgers I was really too young to know any personally.

We had a fairly young American Counsellor when I was in High School. It was rumoured that he was a Draft Dodger (he probably was) and there was much whispering behind his back.

We also had a Basketball coach who had defected from the U.S.S.R., had played for many years on their National team and was thought of as a hero for leaving all he had behind to come to Canada.

I don't see a lot of difference in their choices.

I'm also curious. When Carter granted Amnesty, how many people actually returned to the U.S. as opposed to making Canada their home?

I'm also damn glad to have been born in a country that still offers people the choice of a new life.