Canada to add an 11th province - not

[matai]

Turk Islands in the West Indies are interested in becoming a Canadian province and there's currently a delegation in Ottawa. PM not interested though.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/pol ... e18861331/

Would you like Canada to own land down south for the enjoyment of everyone like the US & Hawaii?

[Woodenhead]

Sure, why not.

[the truth]

interesting idea,i think i like it????

[LoneWolf_53]

Works for me.

[Bsuds]

Maybe we could make a swap.

[LTD]

can we hide money there? if so yessss

[LoneWolf_53]

Maybe we could make a swap.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

La Belle Province for somewhere warm and friendly?

[Bsuds]

Works for me. They wanna leave then let em go.

[the truth]

if we do that, they would have there own country, and start winning all the olympic gold medals .for that reason alone i say no

[Bsuds]

Big deal, once every 4 years. By that time they'll be broke and crying to come back.

[Ken7]

I say we already have our share of Free Loaders, why do we need more? Also we have Quebec's debt load we try to offset now what a island too...

Not for me thanks!

[bob vernon]

The population of the Turks and Caicos in only 30,000. About the size of Penticton. With increased tourism from Canada there would be very few of the people who'd be a drag on your bank account.

The biggest problem would be this: Turks and Caicos couldn't realistically come into Canada as a province. Recalling just what the Government of Canada is, it is a creation of the provinces. In 1864 to 1867, the founding 4 provinces decided that it would be more efficient if some of their functions could be done collectively. Like defense, customs and immigration, postage, and foreign affairs and so on. The Government of Canada is a creation of the provinces and they hold ALL the cards in any amendments to the constitution, including the Senate. Would you want to grant the Turks and Caicos this power? Stephen Harper has taken a couple of runs at amending the Constitution all by himself recently when he tried to amend the Senate's roll and then when he appointed an unqualified candidate to the Supreme Court. The power lies with the provinces, but Harper has refused to meet them as a group. He only meets provincial premiers individually never as a group. He's the first Prime Minister to refuse to meet them collectively, revealing something about him and the way he does the nation's business. Any inclusion of the Turks and Caicos into Canada would require a full constitutional meeting, where the premiers might bring up, horrors of horrors, the Senate and Supreme Court amendments and other issues.

The most likely acceptable way for them to come into Canada is if these islands became part of a province, like Nova Scotia for example.

[Omnitheo]

Turks and Caicos have been wanting to join Canada for over a decade now. I can see them joining as a territory, but not a province.

[John500]

Yes lets get this going. I move there.

[LoneWolf_53]

if we do that, they would have there own country, and start winning all the olympic gold medals .for that reason alone i say no

Haha, without us they wouldn't even be able to afford the plane tickets to the Olympics, so I'm not too worried about that.

Other countries have interests in remote locations, hence I see no issue with Canada owning a spot in the Caribbean, much less so even when the party is courting us, unlike a certain neighbour who just takes what they want, such as islands for nuclear testing.