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Tuesday May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014 by Graeme MacKay

Tuesday May 27, 2014

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday May 27, 2014

Turks and Caicos an 11th Canadian province?

The premier of Turks and Caicos is leaving the door open to the prospect of his country joining Canada, even though he has opposed the idea in the past.

But Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird suggested Monday that Canadians are dreaming if they think they’ll have a province in the Caribbean any time soon.

Turks and Caicos Premier Rufus Ewing met Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, where he says the two leaders spoke about exploring a more formal relationship.

Ewing described the meeting as a “courtship,” but said the pair did not discuss the possibility of Turks and Caicos becoming Canada’s 11th province.

The idea, however, is not out of the question, Ewing suggested during a news conference following the meeting.

“It is not of my mandate to close the door,” he said.

“It is my mandate to see Turks and Caicos have sustainable economic growth and development and development of our people … and we look to Canada, who has shown by example of being a very strong democracy.”

Even creating closer political ties is a long shot, said Baird: the Harper government is not exploring a stronger governmental relationship, let alone considering a plan to annex the British colonial territory.

“We’re not in the business of annexing islands in the Caribbean to be part of Canada, so that’s not something that we’re exploring,” said Baird.

“We’re not looking at any sort of formal association with the islands.”

Some provinces, however, appear open to the idea.

While Ewing was in Ottawa, P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz tweeted to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall that he’d be happy to partner with the Prairie province on the Turks and Caicos project.

Conservative MP Peter Goldring has been pushing the idea for over a decade, arguing that Canada needs its own Hawaii.

Canada enjoyed strong economic ties with Turks and Caicos in the 1800s, largely through the salt trade.

More recently, however, the 40-island nation has relied more on the tourist trade and its open banking system for the economic well-being of its roughly 30,000 inhabitants.

Turks and Caicos is currently a British territory with an elected legislature. (source: Canadian Press)

 


REPUBLISHED in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, The Whitehorse Star, the Edmonton Journal, the Regina Leader Post,  & the Brandon Sun

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: “Turks & Caicos” constitution, Canada, Editorial Cartoon, Heritage Minutes

Thursday, February 13, 2014

February 13, 2014 by Graeme MacKay

Thursday, February 13, 2014By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday, February 13, 2014

Parks Canada buildings in worse shape than claimed: Internal report

Parks Canada’s crumbling forts, historical houses and other heritage structures are in much poorer shape than the agency estimates.

That’s the finding of an independent consultant asked to review a comprehensive inventory created by Parks Canada to determine how much repair work is needed for its varied infrastructure across the country.

The agency’s 2012 inventory found that 47 per cent of all its assets — from dams, bridges and roads, to old stone forts — are in poor or very poor condition.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013But Opus International Consultants Ltd. said its own sampling of hundreds of assets pushed that overall level to 53 per cent. And so-called cultural assets — the historical houses, fortifications, locks and other heritage gems from Canada’s past — are in even worse shape.

Opus estimates 61 per cent of these 2,000 structures are in poor or very poor shape, compared with Parks Canada’s more rosy assessment of just 33 per cent.

“Results indicate that at the portfolio level the value of (Parks Canada) assets in poor condition has increased from condition reported in the 2012 National Asset Review,” says the Opus report, which cost taxpayers $316,000.

A copy of the Dec. 16, 2013, document was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.

Parks Canada has come under fire in recent years for weak management of its real-estate portfolio, which includes historic canals and archeological sites, in addition to campgrounds, access roads and visitor centres. (Source: CBC News)

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