WI Canada cracks down on US draft dodgers during Vietnam?

The premise is that Canada takes a stiffer line against US draft dodgers seeking to cross the border. To simplify things, I'll just say the Canadians toughen up their border security, which was fairly lax IOTL and allowed many draft dodgers to slip through.

Now, I've read that the vast influx of college-educated, liberal-minded (some more radical than most) Americans into Canada had a substantial impact on both the literary and artistic developments there, but more importantly it created a long term political shift towards the left (I think a couple of prominent Canadian political figures were former draft dodgers).

So, what would happen if American draft dodgers were turned back at the border, preventing this influx of young people from leaving its mark on Canada?
 
You would need Bob Winters or Bob Stanfield as Prime Minister instead of the draft dodger PET. Which is laughably easy to do with a POD at the Liberal convention. For Stanfield, have him force a dissolution when the Liberals lose the money vote in February 1968.
 
Quite frankly, I doubt that it would make a difference if the Tories were in power. It was not until the 1980s that they became more pro-American. In fact, they tended to be the party opposed to American pressure and dominance. So I doubt if Stanfield were PM it would make much of a difference.

As to the role of draft dodgers in Canadian society...well, what prominent Canadian politicians were former draft dodgers? Svend Robinson's dad? Well, in fairness, he isn't really a prominent politician.

I do not think one can say that the influx of draft dodgers really pulled Canada to the left. It was already headed that way. Canada was already more "liberal" than the United States before the draft dodgers. Ontario's Progressive Conservatives (the party of the "right") was responsible for Ontario's transition into a welfare state starting in the 1950s.

I think one can say that Canada got some good music and books from draft dodgers, as well as some professionals, but to argue that it heavily influenced Canadian politics, that seems a bit to far.
 
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