Canada Plans Draft-Dodger Monument
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
NELSON, British Columbia ? After burning their draft cards during the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of Americans avoided jail by fleeing to Canada.
Many settled in the small town of Nelson, British Columbia (search), just across the Washington state border. Now, 30 years later, the mayor of Nelson and some other Canadians are planning to honor the draft dodgers with a two-day festival and a larger-than-life monument depicting a Canadian helping two scared American men.
Though the festival and statue unveiling are still two years away, the war of words is just beginning.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (search) leaders are outraged by the monument, as are others in the United States who see the plan as a slap in the face. Some have written to Nelson officials to say they?ll never visit the town again.
The Canadian government did nothing to discourage Americans from heading north of the border so many years ago. In fact, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (search) rolled out the red carpet, saying the draft dodgers had his complete sympathy
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Now my issue is this does not represent Canada but only a small town--we have our own here in U.S. where gays trump boyscouts ect
Now I have the perfect solution to this town who is so in love with our undersirables.Lets not diss them but rather help them out. Lets make law that all future child molestors-rapists ect that are paroled out of prison system be paroled under condition they have to relocate to this town. Anyone crossing back into U.S. violates parole and is returned to custody. Should be a win/win situation.