To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:03:57 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New list (was Re: This list is... )
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:55:47 -0500 (EST) dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
writes:
>
...draft dodgers couldn't be
> arrested
> while in Canada: Canada didn't have a Selective Service Act -- never
> did
> have, IIRC...

Canada did not have a draft during the Vietnam War era, but Canada did
have a draft during World War I.  At the time, men resident in Canada
(including American citizens) who wished to leave Canada, even it was
just for a short visit and return, had to obtain a "Permission to leave
Canada" document.  The reason for that requirement, I think, was to
discourage people from avoiding the draft by leaving the country for the
duration of the war.

Ron Kean

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