>Yoshie Furuhashi:
> > According to the documentary _America: Love It or Leave It_, 125,000
>> Americans went to Canada -- as draft resisters, deserters, or
>> political exiles (self-imposed or otherwise) -- during the Vietnam
>> War, so back then to become a Canadian (resident or citizen) could
>> mean to become un-American ideologically.
>
>The Canadians didn't have any trouble identifying and
>resenting us.
You mean right-wing Canadians, who argued for tighter immigration control & deportation of American exiles. The documentary _America: Love It or Leave It_ discusses it, too. Left-wing Canadians, however, prevailed, so American exiles could stay in Canada. While some American exiles returned to the USA via the amnesty program after the war, others remained in Canada.
>Note that a lot of Americans move to Canada for other than
>political reasons; that was true during the war, as well as
>before and after.
True enough, but since the days of slavery & the Underground Railroad, Canada has managed to distinguish itself politically from the USA.
Yoshie