This channel is a gem! We are two newcomers from the Czech Republic living in CA for 2 years now and we absolutely love the Canadian culture and way of life. Truly the Canadian dream
Been to the Turks and Caicos islands 4 times. Been on Grand Turk, Middle Caicos , South Caicos and North Caicos. Love the Islands and the people. Sure would be nice to have it as the Holiday province.
I have travelled to Turks and Caicos‘s 4 times and they want to join Canada in a heartbeat. We could absorb the 29,000 people that live there if we can take in 20 something thousand Syrians. I guarantee they are not all coming here, if anything we would go there every winter! Come on guys let’s see if we can get this done
His plan is to call an early election so he can get the votes from all the people that think he did good getting covid shots. Then he plans to bring in 1,3 million more 'new' immigrants to add to the almost 1 million he shipped in already. It's no wonder the country is trillions in debt now and he wants to dig the hold deeper but I think the plan is to do as much damage as he can then Quebec will finally separate like they have threatened for many many years
But if the population of T&C support joining Canada it wouldn't really be like a colony. It would be like a territory or even a province. We as Canadians would just have to swear we don't destroy the Island and keep its beauty. Only help it and modernize it. And turn it into a BEAUTIFUL but RESPECTFUL tourist attraction (or even home!) for Canadians
Of course you are correct and no serious person would accuse Canada of being a colonizer in a case like this. But then that's not how the Canadian political class thinks. They are obsessed with optics and symbolism, in-group signaling and being perceived as eternally virtuous so all it would take would be for some other simp who thinks like they do to raise a fuss and that would be it.
Dear Atlas Canada, please do better research. Turks & Caicos approached Canada back in the 1980's asking to become part of our country. At the time, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau immediately put the brakes to it because in his words, "Canada is not a colonizer because we know what it's like to be a colony". Since T&C was also a British overseas territory, it would have created a problem with the UK that Canada didn't need. However, Britain did agree that Canada could invest heavily in T&C basically building up their tourist sector, building hotels & schools which would provide education & employment. Twice in the intervening years, T&C has raised this issue & has been rebuffed by Ottawa basically because they squandered all that Canada invested there & one of their corrupt govt. officials ran off with the treasury. This led the British govt. to send Foreign Office officials to literally take over the T&C govt. to keep it from going bankrupt while cleaning up the corruption. Now do you see why Canada didn't want anything to do with this???
@@tsocanuck Yep, they contribute 10 million and we pay 50 million for it, Hawaii is about one of the few islands which doesn't need financial support from the government. Small islands suck so much money every year from the central government.They are like old boats, cost too much money to maintain and we only use it once a year. Just watch this documentary about tiny islands. ua-cam.com/video/5-QejUTDCWw/v-deo.html
I don't think it'll happen in our lifetimes but it would be cool and I would fully support the concept to the extreme.. it's been 7 or 8 years since Ive heard this talked about - thanks for bringing it back up
One group of people who would benefit from this would be older Canadians and those with pre-existing health conditions, who would have an extremely difficult time getting affordable travel insurance. If uninsured people need medical care while outside Canada, they would suffer enormous financial difficulty, but if Turks and Caicos were part of Canada, it would be a great place to vacation without having to worry about additional insurance.
It's 2021 and I think it's time to have this conversation again. As a Canadian, I would rather vacation in a Canadian territory. I didn't realize the trade and shipping implications. I can see many benefits to this proposal.
They are beautiful islands indeed, but not viable. The British barely make it profitable, by allowing them to have a separate legal system which allows Turks and Caicos to be a heaven for money laundering and to turn a blind eye to the massive drug trafficking in and out of the US. Tourism has been the ruin of the Caribbean as infrastructure does not get renovated and nature gets so polluted that high-spending travellers move away to other places. Remember that mass-tourism brings only ruin and pollution to the thirld world. Canada does not need more territory and isolated communities without any future prospects.
@Mohammed Patel power doesn’t matter it’s an illusion that nations use to manipulate there people it’s the people that make a country better. people who actually care about the nation not the military
Back in the 1950"s a similar discussion took place about Jamaica. I remember my mother cutting out articles in the papers for me to read. A good chance was not developed then, as little is done now. In 1950 my mother felt that colour was a problem with some. I hope that would not be the case now. Brian 81
@@jasonarthurs3885 Um.... yes! But T & C wouldn't serve much geo-political purpose for the US as it already has Puerto Rico and the USVI. And it once had Cuba as a trophy for beating Spain in the Spanish-American War.
@@shauncameron8390 Um, yes, but it America doesn't have Cuba now; not really solid foundations for future expansion to an island not interested in becoming American.
Gordon was seeking British Honduras which is Belize today. Turks and Caicos was part of the Bahamas until it became independent. When the Bahamas became independent Turks and Caicos requested to remain an over seas British territory.
British West Indies Federation tried to too.The West Indies Federation had 10 Provinces. The Province of Jamaica had both Cayman and the Turks and Caicos attached as dependencies of Jamaica. They both petitioned to leave when Jamaica was going independent. Then Turks and Caicos was attached to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas next. But the Bahamas was seeking independence about 10 years behind Jamaica. So again Turks and Caicos again petitioned to be detached from the Bahamas. That was when TCs considered having some sort of affiliate status with Canada because that was during the independence wave from the UK in the 60s-90s when the U.K. was uninterested in all the islands and they were scared of either getting invaded by USA or Soviet Union.
If these small islands became part of Canada, millions of "refugees" would continuously swarm to it from surrounding areas to get the Canadian standard. It would be shoulder to shoulder across the whole island system.
It would have been wonderful! Many retirees would prefer going to a Canadian island rather than spending too much time in Florida. But as always, politicians are too stupid.
Actually, Bermuda (despite being lumped with the West Indies) is closer geographically (distance-wise) to Nova Scotia than to the Turks & Caicos or anywhere else in the West Indies.
false. except the once case mentioned by you, there has been no serious attempt by Canada to annex the islands. The UK has never really considered giving it to Canada either. It's just something that sounds interesting and is a popular myth for that very reason. Many rich Canadians actually live in Turks and Caicos part-time, because of its status as a tax haven. Joining Canada would make it so that Canadian tax laws would apply here and the rich would not like it, so its not actually going to happen for the foreseeable future either.
Very interesting topic; nice work, Mr. Atlas. :^} Btw, your English is so good I wasn't able to be sure you were French Canadian - until one word: 'Development'. Every francophone politician in Canada pronounces 'develop' like in French: dev-lop. In English it's actually de-VEL-op, and de-VEL-op-ment. (This is not a criticism, your English is 10 times better than my French!)
A unique opportunity was missed ! Canada is good at passing on good ideas as we are a very passive country afraid to take bold steps . Surely Canada could maintain and welcome these islands and all could prosper from the union ( we invest enough in Cuba ) ! What are we so shit -scared about ?
I feel that what the United States thinks about Turks & Caicos getting together in some way with Canada is very important to any potential deals. The US elephant in the North American room was not mentioned!!
It would make more sense for Turks and Caicos to combine with the Bahamas. Then either becoming the 11th province or the 51st state would be more feasible. Although statehood is a reach given that Puerto Rico and the Marianas have been US territories for far longer.
Interesting item. Sizewise the Turks Caicos would be in the same league as the Isle of Man and Malta. One can imagine Tim Hortons cafes opening in Turks Caicos. The narrator sounds at times as if he has a bit of a Dublin accent.
Unlikely to happen. As much as I would want it. Having an overseas possession or even a union state by definition requires having a functional Navy. The current Canadian Navy doesn't have a single large surface combatant (at least a destroyer size), not a single one supply & maintenance ship, not a single hospital ship, and very little in terms of submarines. Its core element, the Halifax class frigates are configured for ASW, are not very capable of sustained long range operations, cannot carry an air wing and can provide very limited support to an expeditionary force. It took the entire might of the then Royal Navy to retake the Falklands from Argentina in 1982. If large scale military or humanitarian emergency happened to the Terms & Conditions (Falklands, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti style), Canada would likely be unable to meet its union obligations and its standing would suffer at home and abroad.
I love Nova Scotia trying to muscle in: "Yeah we're kind of a big deal back in Canada, you might wanna deal with us first cuz we gotta lot of pull, y'know.
I bet after two years of Covid they wished they had take them up on their offer. The money issues they struggled with are nothing to how much Ottawa has spent recently. Imagine how many citizens could’ve just gone to T&C, no PCR test. Seriously there would’ve been a massive economic boom there.
I thought they no longer wanted to join. In any case why couldn't they just be another province? NFLD and BC joined late, why mot T&C . After all we're both Common wealth countries
LOL never heard of this and im Canadian born and raised im over 50 and want out of this country so bad, This would have been a great escape plan the the thousand of us trying to get out thats for sure and thats likely why it never happens
it could be great all-around Canada can build a shipping port there employ the islanders at the port. have it so Canadians flying there is just like flying within Canada none of the international travel crap let them remain to govern themselves as a province, they have the final say on what Canada does there. they get help from the Canadian feds. it'd give Canadians a place to go and vacation or retire build the port on the smaller west island have a ferry transport workers over the 10km span rather than another ugly confederation bridge and ban Canadian oil drilling just to maintain the beauty and prevent possible oil spills
This idea has been around for decades. The T&C islanders support the idea but convincing Canada isn't as smooth. Everything every Canadian expects from the government including indigenous people would be expected by the people of T&C. Including DEFENCE. There's the sticky part.
@@josephrobi6806 The population of T&C is small enough to be inconsequential. Plus the economic benefits would outweigh the cost. Canada could also set up a small military station an port in the region. Canada is often involved in other Caribbean nations and having a local port of call could be a benefit.
Every once in a while a Canadian politician brings this Turks and Caicos idea up. It gets his name in the news anyway. If you really want to know about this just ask a T&C resident about this idea. They have no interest in the subject.
Sounds like a good plan to me! Jamaica would be my top pick though... To be sure if a Carribbean country joined Canada, that place would be overrun with Canadians in no time.
It is such a great idea and would be a huge win for all involved.... which is precisely why it'll never happen. Politicians never do anything right; especially Canadian politicians.
It's not up to them. It's an asset of the crown, and therefore the Queen would have to transfer control of it to Canada. Only at that point can anything be done by our government. We are our own country, they are not.
How much does it cost for tax payers to put military defense on the island? Also Building the health care system is going to cost a lot as well. The health care system is already overbearing. I see a huge money pit on acquiring the island. why own the car when you can rent one? Especially when it is cost so much to maintain it.
The population of T&C is about the same as the city of Yellowknife. So the cost would not be enormous. Defense would also not be complicated. The Canadian military already has major involvement in the Caribbean. Establishing a CFS (Canadian forces station) in T&C might actually result in a savings.
@@erikstephens34 what is the benefit of owning an island beside being a tourist destination? There are tons of island for Canadians to travel to, it is so much work and time and money to maintain an island. Bad business for Canada.
@@icecreamlove84 The island literally has fewer people than the city of Strafford so the work is practically zero. A few billion dollars and it would be a slice of heaven (which is practically nothing in the grand picture). It would literally involve building a couple of medical facilities and phasing in Canadian codes and regulations. The advantages: The island would use Canadian dollars, no customs, no duties, no long term residency issues and no foreign property rules. Easy banking, easy to setup a business or create an extension of an existing business in Canada. Importing and exporting goods would be far more simple. Flights to Canada would be less expensive. And because of Canadian interests in the region having a local base of operations might actually decrease logistics costs.
@@erikstephens34 sounds like a scam, a few billion dollar tax payer money means nothing to people who are trying to sell the island to Canadian. There are so many small islands on picnic ocean which are so hard to maintain for the British government. Billions of dollars dumped every year to those places. Whoever invest money there will lose it
@@icecreamlove84 I think you miss-understood my comment. The few billion would not be an annual cost. It would be an investment over ~10 years to update schools, hospitals and local infrastructure. This investment would have a return. Because if T&C becomes part of Canada. Now they will be paying federal sales, corporate and income taxes. And the increased business will make the government money in the long run as there will be far more than 40K tourists a year going to T&C. And yes there are many other islands in a similar situation. But not many with the geographic advantages of T&C. And because T&C will be part of Canada it will attract more Canadian and international tourists and create a more stable business environment in the area.
HAWAII , & ALASKA AS WELL AS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND , WOULD ALL BE WELCOME & PROBABLY PREFER TO BE A PART OF A CANADIAN NATION . SO WOULD MONTANNA , WYOMING AS WELL AS THE GREAT LAKE STATES , NEW ENGLAND , & WASHINGTON & OREGON.....
Canada makes more sense than being a part of the UK. Just calling it a territory makes the most sense, given its distance from Halifax. As to "liberal values", Canada hs Left "values" (basically, an oxymoron), as Trudope has turned the country into a Marxist strongold- which was really on display with the Covid Cult theatrics. I have been to almost every province of Canada and always liked it B.T (before Trudope), but now they have adopted every crazy Left meme - gender dysphoria, climate change, high taxes, authoritarian b.s., confiscating arms from the citizens, propping up globalist tyrants like the WEF, UN, IMF, and other NWO pukes! Hopefully, Canada can return to a country defending liberty and individual freedom, and away from the collectivist nonsense that destroys every country that gets infested with this delusional thinking. I have never been to the Turks & Caicos, but I know it is beautiful and tropical - both plusses for a country, known for cold winters - save for SW BC.
Spot the American (u just sound like on is all) and he took a kind of asslt riffel away because it was used in a mass shooting in Nova Scotia, and I'm from Nova Scotia so I'm fine with it.
@@theotherguy8166 What? I am not referring to any event in Nova Scotia. Look at the Covid Cult tyranny in Canada, and Trudope's coddling of China, including allowing their troops to train in BC. When he was alive, he praised Castro - possibly because Fidel was his biological father. My comments had nothing to do with any mass shooting - which is a mental health issue, not a gun issue. Criminals find ways to get guns, regardless of the law - as they do not follow any law. Duh! That is why they are criminals.
This channel is a gem! We are two newcomers from the Czech Republic living in CA for 2 years now and we absolutely love the Canadian culture and way of life. Truly the Canadian dream
Where do you guys live in Canada?
Been to the Turks and Caicos islands 4 times. Been on Grand Turk, Middle Caicos , South Caicos and North Caicos.
Love the Islands and the people.
Sure would be nice to have it as the Holiday province.
I have travelled to Turks and Caicos‘s 4 times and they want to join Canada in a heartbeat.
We could absorb the 29,000 people that live there if we can take in 20 something thousand Syrians.
I guarantee they are not all coming here, if anything we would go there every winter!
Come on guys let’s see if we can get this done
Okay, but I want you to foot the bill for rising sea level defences.
@@michaeldowson6988 good point, the hundreds of million we spend going to the USA, will help.
@@crush42mash6 I really don't go to the USA.
His plan is to call an early election so he can get the votes from all the people that think he did good getting covid shots. Then he plans to bring in 1,3 million more 'new' immigrants to add to the almost 1 million he shipped in already. It's no wonder the country is trillions in debt now and he wants to dig the hold deeper but I think the plan is to do as much damage as he can then Quebec will finally separate like they have threatened for many many years
Sign me up Crush let’s getter done ! Let me know how I can help bro 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
How I wish this will happen in my lifetime.
But if the population of T&C support joining Canada it wouldn't really be like a colony. It would be like a territory or even a province. We as Canadians would just have to swear we don't destroy the Island and keep its beauty. Only help it and modernize it. And turn it into a BEAUTIFUL but RESPECTFUL tourist attraction (or even home!) for Canadians
Of course you are correct and no serious person would accuse Canada of being a colonizer in a case like this.
But then that's not how the Canadian political class thinks. They are obsessed with optics and symbolism, in-group signaling and being perceived as eternally virtuous so all it would take would be for some other simp who thinks like they do to raise a fuss and that would be it.
They would accuse you of being a colonizer whether you were or not.
Dear Atlas Canada, please do better research. Turks & Caicos approached Canada back in the 1980's asking to become part of our country. At the time, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau immediately put the brakes to it because in his words, "Canada is not a colonizer because we know what it's like to be a colony". Since T&C was also a British overseas territory, it would have created a problem with the UK that Canada didn't need. However, Britain did agree that Canada could invest heavily in T&C basically building up their tourist sector, building hotels & schools which would provide education & employment. Twice in the intervening years, T&C has raised this issue & has been rebuffed by Ottawa basically because they squandered all that Canada invested there & one of their corrupt govt. officials ran off with the treasury. This led the British govt. to send Foreign Office officials to literally take over the T&C govt. to keep it from going bankrupt while cleaning up the corruption. Now do you see why Canada didn't want anything to do with this???
Rodger...copy !
Damn I just wanted a warm beach 🏖️ and a few beers with the 👙 prancing around on my Canadian pension dollars
this would be great for Canadian retirement plans ...too bad
Be happy that your retirement money are not sinked into providing military defences for it and paying their health care bills.
@@icecreamlove84 Im sure the islanders would contribute as well plus can you imagine the revenue from the island ...ALL WORTH IT
*Florida disapproves*
@@tsocanuck Yep, they contribute 10 million and we pay 50 million for it, Hawaii is about one of the few islands which doesn't need financial support from the government. Small islands suck so much money every year from the central government.They are like old boats, cost too much money to maintain and we only use it once a year. Just watch this documentary about tiny islands. ua-cam.com/video/5-QejUTDCWw/v-deo.html
How would it be a colony of they want to join?
I don't think it'll happen in our lifetimes but it would be cool and I would fully support the concept to the extreme.. it's been 7 or 8 years since Ive heard this talked about - thanks for bringing it back up
One time even the Bahamas tried to get into Canada. The people wanted it, but the government for some reason did not.
Could be the tax gouge that 🇨🇦 insists on burdening their citizens with!
@Ocean Blue Then why haven't they? You can't speak for someone else's intent. Grow up.
One group of people who would benefit from this would be older Canadians and those with pre-existing health conditions, who would have an extremely difficult time getting affordable travel insurance. If uninsured people need medical care while outside Canada, they would suffer enormous financial difficulty, but if Turks and Caicos were part of Canada, it would be a great place to vacation without having to worry about additional insurance.
It's 2021 and I think it's time to have this conversation again. As a Canadian, I would rather vacation in a Canadian territory. I didn't realize the trade and shipping implications. I can see many benefits to this proposal.
I can also see many benefits off yall not trying to get your hands all over everyone else’s shit
They are beautiful islands indeed, but not viable. The British barely make it profitable, by allowing them to have a separate legal system which allows Turks and Caicos to be a heaven for money laundering and to turn a blind eye to the massive drug trafficking in and out of the US. Tourism has been the ruin of the Caribbean as infrastructure does not get renovated and nature gets so polluted that high-spending travellers move away to other places. Remember that mass-tourism brings only ruin and pollution to the thirld world. Canada does not need more territory and isolated communities without any future prospects.
We are crazy to not pursue this, should have happened decades ago
@Mohammed Patel you guyz dont even take care of it
@Mohammed Patel power doesn’t matter it’s an illusion that nations use to manipulate there people it’s the people that make a country better. people who actually care about the nation not the military
Unfortunately if it happened, rich snowbird would quickly buy all the residential properties and most of would be stuck here in the winter 😭
Back in the 1950"s a similar discussion took place about Jamaica. I remember my mother cutting out articles in the papers for me to read. A good chance was not developed then, as little is done now. In 1950 my mother felt that colour was a problem with some. I hope that would not be the case now. Brian 81
May the Canadian empire rise again!
@Ocean Blue uh no it wouldn’t
@Ocean Blue Um...no, you guys rebelled and ousted yourself from Mum's good graces. That's what you get for wasting tea!
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Hawaii was once a British territory that got ceded over to the US.
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Um.... yes! But T & C wouldn't serve much geo-political purpose for the US as it already has Puerto Rico and the USVI. And it once had Cuba as a trophy for beating Spain in the Spanish-American War.
@@shauncameron8390 Um, yes, but it America doesn't have Cuba now; not really solid foundations for future expansion to an island not interested in becoming American.
Gordon was seeking British Honduras which is Belize today. Turks and Caicos was part of the Bahamas until it became independent. When the Bahamas became independent Turks and Caicos requested to remain an over seas British territory.
British West Indies Federation tried to too.The West Indies Federation had 10 Provinces. The Province of Jamaica had both Cayman and the Turks and Caicos attached as dependencies of Jamaica. They both petitioned to leave when Jamaica was going independent. Then Turks and Caicos was attached to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas next. But the Bahamas was seeking independence about 10 years behind Jamaica. So again Turks and Caicos again petitioned to be detached from the Bahamas. That was when TCs considered having some sort of affiliate status with Canada because that was during the independence wave from the UK in the 60s-90s when the U.K. was uninterested in all the islands and they were scared of either getting invaded by USA or Soviet Union.
@@DigitalIslandboy / Thanks for the info !
Borden, not Gordon; Bobby to his friends.
If these small islands became part of Canada, millions of "refugees" would continuously swarm to it from surrounding areas to get the Canadian standard. It would be shoulder to shoulder across the whole island system.
Canada has three territories and they are NOT colonies. Having a fourth territory would make it a part of Canada like the Yukon, the NWTs and Nunavut.
btw - the "49th parallel" is 500 km NORTH of where I live in Canada.
It would have been wonderful! Many retirees would prefer going to a Canadian island rather than spending too much time in Florida. But as always, politicians are too stupid.
I mean what canadia wouldnt want this ?? Why is it not even done yet !
Actually, Bermuda (despite being lumped with the West Indies) is closer geographically (distance-wise) to Nova Scotia than to the Turks & Caicos or anywhere else in the West Indies.
Great vid man!
Beyond the tourism, economic advantages and trade advantages, Turks and Caicos would also get an awesome hockey arena.
They’d probably get an NHL team before Quebec City too.
I guess we got to settle for Kamloops summers if we want some sun but without a passport.
Borden's request may also have been influenced by the US buying the (US) Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917.
false. except the once case mentioned by you, there has been no serious attempt by Canada to annex the islands. The UK has never really considered giving it to Canada either. It's just something that sounds interesting and is a popular myth for that very reason. Many rich Canadians actually live in Turks and Caicos part-time, because of its status as a tax haven. Joining Canada would make it so that Canadian tax laws would apply here and the rich would not like it, so its not actually going to happen for the foreseeable future either.
it did happen a while ago
It was a fun news item in the day, never seriously considered by the government.
That tax issue would explain why it was never allowed to happen, otherwise, it seems like a no-brainer.
Rich people live in Canada, so they'd still prefer to live there anyways
Small detail: It is Prince Edward Island. Commonly known as PEI and not Prince Edward's Island.
Very interesting topic; nice work, Mr. Atlas. :^} Btw, your English is so good I wasn't able to be sure you were French Canadian - until one word: 'Development'. Every francophone politician in Canada pronounces 'develop' like in French: dev-lop. In English it's actually de-VEL-op, and de-VEL-op-ment. (This is not a criticism, your English is 10 times better than my French!)
A unique opportunity was missed ! Canada is good at passing on good ideas as we are a very passive country afraid to take bold steps . Surely Canada could maintain and welcome these islands and all could prosper from the union ( we invest enough in Cuba ) ! What are we so shit -scared about ?
Don't they inhabit parts of Florida in the winter and they sunny tropical beaches on Maine in the summer.
I've heard there were discussions with the Cayman Islands in the early 1960s for them to join Canada
They wouldn’t be a colony if they became a province/part of an existing province
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
I did not know that thanks for the info
Instead of Canadians flocking to Florida they would have went hear
It will definitely reflect on the prices of the tickets being an internal flight.
What the heck is an internal flight ??
@@QueenlySweetpea Domestic flight
Was this a school project?
Please Canada make this happen, I beg you
What are your reasons ?
Those islands wanted to join Canada. Canada said no.
It is way too close to Cockburn Town.
I feel that what the United States thinks about Turks & Caicos getting together in some way with Canada is very important to any potential deals. The US elephant in the North American room was not mentioned!!
If the Turk and Caicos became part of Canada, would they switch to driving on the right side of the road?
Canada can’t even get along with Quebec, leave the Caribbean alone 😂😂
It would be good for all.
It would make more sense for Turks and Caicos to combine with the Bahamas. Then either becoming the 11th province or the 51st state would be more feasible. Although statehood is a reach given that Puerto Rico and the Marianas have been US territories for far longer.
i want to live in a tropical place
Interesting item. Sizewise the Turks Caicos would be in the same league as the Isle of Man and Malta. One can imagine Tim Hortons cafes opening in Turks Caicos. The narrator sounds at times as if he has a bit of a Dublin accent.
Had no idea this happened...
Im still confused are they part of Canada or not?
no they are not but Canadians highly infest the population in an attempt to escape the Trudeau Government
They're part of the UK.
I can only imagine the crazy exodus of Haitians into the islands as a gateway to Canada.
Start a movement Canadians and demand the government reconsider and allow Turks and Caicos become a province of Canada.
They have tons of support but it's an asset of the crown, it's not up to us.
Pitty the poor guy elected their Member(s) of Parliament. Go from living in a tropical paradise to Ottawa winters.
Unlikely to happen. As much as I would want it.
Having an overseas possession or even a union state by definition requires having a functional Navy. The current Canadian Navy doesn't have a single large surface combatant (at least a destroyer size), not a single one supply & maintenance ship, not a single hospital ship, and very little in terms of submarines. Its core element, the Halifax class frigates are configured for ASW, are not very capable of sustained long range operations, cannot carry an air wing and can provide very limited support to an expeditionary force.
It took the entire might of the then Royal Navy to retake the Falklands from Argentina in 1982. If large scale military or humanitarian emergency happened to the Terms & Conditions (Falklands, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti style), Canada would likely be unable to meet its union obligations and its standing would suffer at home and abroad.
I love Nova Scotia trying to muscle in: "Yeah we're kind of a big deal back in Canada, you might wanna deal with us first cuz we gotta lot of pull, y'know.
So we cared about our enemies more then our friends.
Back to our country proving to be great until outside interference in different parts of the countries life.
Your Instagram?
We could buy a foreign country /province right now if someone wanted to..but we would have to do something with all the people there.
So you’re saying there’s a chance! Maybe one day lol
One day man!
Pierre Trudeau, the father of the current Prime Minister, turned down a request from the Turks to join Canada, What a pity.
In 1986, the Prime Minister was Brian Mulroney. Why couldn't he bag it then ?
The Trudeau's absolutely refuse to do anything that remotely makes any kind of sense
It’s a shame this didn’t happen…
I remember this! They were idiots for not doing it. I would have moved there instead of the States. It would have been a fantastic thing for Canada.
I bet after two years of Covid they wished they had take them up on their offer. The money issues they struggled with are nothing to how much Ottawa has spent recently. Imagine how many citizens could’ve just gone to T&C, no PCR test. Seriously there would’ve been a massive economic boom there.
Canada may have got a better cricket team!
Hurry up,sounds like a good place to retire.
It be great if Canada just annex Dominica.
The real reason we didn't want any capital jokes (whistles)
I thought they no longer wanted to join. In any case why couldn't they just be another province? NFLD and BC joined late, why mot T&C . After all we're both Common wealth countries
Only Canada would refuse the subjugation of islands offering themselves to join the dominion.
Canada ; the country comic-strip version of chicken-little !
BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
It should become a territory
LOL never heard of this and im Canadian born and raised im over 50 and want out of this country so bad, This would have been a great escape plan the the thousand of us trying to get out thats for sure and thats likely why it never happens
buy a plane ticket, sounds like excuses not to emmigrate elsewhere
it could be great all-around Canada can build a shipping port there employ the islanders at the port.
have it so Canadians flying there is just like flying within Canada none of the international travel crap
let them remain to govern themselves as a province, they have the final say on what Canada does there. they get help from the Canadian feds.
it'd give Canadians a place to go and vacation or retire
build the port on the smaller west island have a ferry transport workers over the 10km span rather than another ugly confederation bridge and ban Canadian oil drilling just to maintain the beauty and prevent possible oil spills
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We should sell NB and use all the money saved from equalization payments to buy Turks and Caicos! Great video. Very smooth and soothing voice:)
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This idea has been around for decades. The T&C islanders support the idea but convincing Canada isn't as smooth. Everything every Canadian expects from the government including indigenous people would be expected by the people of T&C. Including DEFENCE. There's the sticky part.
Welfare support may not be good for tax payers of Canada
@@josephrobi6806 The population of T&C is small enough to be inconsequential. Plus the economic benefits would outweigh the cost. Canada could also set up a small military station an port in the region. Canada is often involved in other Caribbean nations and having a local port of call could be a benefit.
@@erikstephens34 That is multi points said. I would like to be Canadian abroad in a tropical 🏝 island that would be nice 👍 own by us Canadian
Every once in a while a Canadian politician brings this Turks and Caicos idea up. It gets his name in the news anyway. If you really want to know about this just ask a T&C resident about this idea. They have no interest in the subject.
Pls god
Wow wonder land mass can you control travel transportation trade route is laughable
canada..soon almost china
Sounds like a good plan to me!
Jamaica would be my top pick though...
To be sure if a Carribbean country joined Canada, that place would be overrun with Canadians in no time.
It is such a great idea and would be a huge win for all involved.... which is precisely why it'll never happen. Politicians never do anything right; especially Canadian politicians.
It's not up to them. It's an asset of the crown, and therefore the Queen would have to transfer control of it to Canada. Only at that point can anything be done by our government. We are our own country, they are not.
The history here is all screwed up. While there have been various people talk about this union it has never gotten past dreaming.
How much does it cost for tax payers to put military defense on the island? Also Building the health care system is going to cost a lot as well. The health care system is already overbearing. I see a huge money pit on acquiring the island. why own the car when you can rent one? Especially when it is cost so much to maintain it.
The population of T&C is about the same as the city of Yellowknife. So the cost would not be enormous. Defense would also not be complicated. The Canadian military already has major involvement in the Caribbean. Establishing a CFS (Canadian forces station) in T&C might actually result in a savings.
@@erikstephens34 what is the benefit of owning an island beside being a tourist destination? There are tons of island for Canadians to travel to, it is so much work and time and money to maintain an island. Bad business for Canada.
@@icecreamlove84 The island literally has fewer people than the city of Strafford so the work is practically zero. A few billion dollars and it would be a slice of heaven (which is practically nothing in the grand picture). It would literally involve building a couple of medical facilities and phasing in Canadian codes and regulations. The advantages: The island would use Canadian dollars, no customs, no duties, no long term residency issues and no foreign property rules. Easy banking, easy to setup a business or create an extension of an existing business in Canada. Importing and exporting goods would be far more simple. Flights to Canada would be less expensive. And because of Canadian interests in the region having a local base of operations might actually decrease logistics costs.
@@erikstephens34 sounds like a scam, a few billion dollar tax payer money means nothing to people who are trying to sell the island to Canadian. There are so many small islands on picnic ocean which are so hard to maintain for the British government. Billions of dollars dumped every year to those places. Whoever invest money there will lose it
@@icecreamlove84 I think you miss-understood my comment. The few billion would not be an annual cost. It would be an investment over ~10 years to update schools, hospitals and local infrastructure. This investment would have a return. Because if T&C becomes part of Canada. Now they will be paying federal sales, corporate and income taxes. And the increased business will make the government money in the long run as there will be far more than 40K tourists a year going to T&C. And yes there are many other islands in a similar situation. But not many with the geographic advantages of T&C. And because T&C will be part of Canada it will attract more Canadian and international tourists and create a more stable business environment in the area.
I thought BC was the Canadian slice of paradise ;)
You can't do anything in Canada so stupid idea
Cuba? Ahhh almost.
Ayo wth is cockburn town
The next Canadian Ibiza 😂
Canada where r your aboriginals?
Sounds like Castro's illegitimate son wants an island in the Caribbean again 😂
We don't need another "have not" province
Jeez, what a shame we didn't get our own tropical islands for the wealthy to exploit.
HAWAII , & ALASKA AS WELL AS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND , WOULD ALL BE WELCOME & PROBABLY PREFER TO BE A PART OF A CANADIAN NATION .
SO WOULD MONTANNA , WYOMING AS WELL AS THE GREAT LAKE STATES , NEW ENGLAND , & WASHINGTON & OREGON.....
Hands off, poutine-eater. You're not stealing land from the world's superpower. Just be thankful we allow you to exist.
Canada makes more sense than being a part of the UK. Just calling it a territory makes the most sense, given its distance from Halifax. As to "liberal values", Canada hs Left "values" (basically, an oxymoron), as Trudope has turned the country into a Marxist strongold- which was really on display with the Covid Cult theatrics. I have been to almost every province of Canada and always liked it B.T (before Trudope), but now they have adopted every crazy Left meme - gender dysphoria, climate change, high taxes, authoritarian b.s., confiscating arms from the citizens, propping up globalist tyrants like the WEF, UN, IMF, and other NWO pukes! Hopefully, Canada can return to a country defending liberty and individual freedom, and away from the collectivist nonsense that destroys every country that gets infested with this delusional thinking. I have never been to the Turks & Caicos, but I know it is beautiful and tropical - both plusses for a country, known for cold winters - save for SW BC.
Spot the American (u just sound like on is all) and he took a kind of asslt riffel away because it was used in a mass shooting in Nova Scotia, and I'm from Nova Scotia so I'm fine with it.
@@theotherguy8166 What? I am not referring to any event in Nova Scotia. Look at the Covid Cult tyranny in Canada, and Trudope's coddling of China, including allowing their troops to train in BC. When he was alive, he praised Castro - possibly because Fidel was his biological father. My comments had nothing to do with any mass shooting - which is a mental health issue, not a gun issue. Criminals find ways to get guns, regardless of the law - as they do not follow any law. Duh! That is why they are criminals.
You sound like a Trumpee suckee !
Wow...tangent much? But thanks for bringing your rant back on topic in the last sentence.
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Joining the USA would give Canadians access to tropical islands.
Never going to happen sorry. Hurricane damage and water levels rising to think about too.
Yeah I'm not sure we need an empire. Also these islands would be a likely be a big liability due to climate change...
Educated people know about Turk and Caicos .... get educated before making a video ... anybody can be a youtubet and give false information like you