[SwankyC]

At the time of Vietnam there was no draft in Canada, therefore avoiding the draft was not an offense in Canada and the draft dodgers could hide out here without fear.

Sounds like that extradition treaty aint so strong. My guess is there is no death penalty up there too so you dont extradite murderers who face the death penalty?

[Modernman]

Sounds like that extradition treaty aint so strong.

It's pretty much universal that a country will not extradite people if what they are charged with is not a crime in the country they fled to. Otherwise, people charged with political crimes would end up being extradited.

My guess is there is no death penalty up there too so you dont extradite murderers who face the death penalty?

Canada will only extradite an accused murderer facing the death penalty back to the US if the relevant US prosecutor agrees not to seek the death penalty.

[Former Proud Canadian]

You might be right technically about the death penalty but the authorities usually find ways around this. In practical terms, I think most of the northern border states do not have the death penalty (Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, Maine etc.). So a killer would have to cross a lot of state lines and then cross the international border. If there was an alert out I think the vehicle would be flagged at customs and entry to Canada would be denied.