the lemur
Senior Member
The man's obviously mentally ill, but this is the prime example they use to defend that argument? Canada's been in talks at the federal level with the Turks and Caicos on and off for decades about doing exactly that. Personally, I love the idea. We (hopefully) get to bring the standard of living up of the country, and in return get a vacation spot that doesn't come with the heavy taxation and tariffs of international travel and a chance to break the idiotic idea that Canada's the place for skiing and parkas in the summer. That's not to mention a national source for tropical fruit and sugar production that doesn't require import fees.
Addendum: apparently talks of this started with Robert Borden in 1917; so this has been going on for nearly a century.
I'd be in favour of this provided their corruption (administrative and commercial) were cleaned up. We'd also have to figure out what to do about citizenship (most locals are eligible to become full British citizens) ... maybe also make them drive on the right
As for tropical fruit and sugar, it's never been a source of the latter and they export only a little bit of citrus. The main exports have traditionally been salt and seafood. It's one of those places where almost everything is imported.