Canada to share embassies with Great Britain

[Malthus]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

Any former colonies they should be particular concerned about?

I didn't even know we had colonies. 

If they are handing them out, we'd like Florida and Costa Rica. Thanks.

[Eddie Teach]

If they are handing them out, we'd like Florida and Costa Rica. Thanks.

You can't have Florida! 

Cuba's free though.

[Malthus]

If they are handing them out, we'd like Florida and Costa Rica. Thanks.

You can't have Florida! 

Cuba's free though.

Cigars, rum, hott babes? Or former swampland full of geriatric Canucks and Jews? 

Okay, you talked me into it. 

[Viking]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

Any former colonies they should be particular concerned about?

I didn't even know we had colonies. 

If they are handing them out, we'd like Florida and Costa Rica. Thanks.

Wasn't there some suggestion at the time of the creation of canada that it should include all british territories in the americas including carribean territories like Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana.

[Valmy]

Wasn't there some suggestion at the time of the creation of canada that it should include all british territories in the americas including carribean territories like Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana.

Canada was pushing for something like this during the Treaty of Versailles as well IIRC.

[Sheilbh]

It seems a good idea, and apparently there are plans for both countries to do the same with Oz and NZ soon.

[dps]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

Any former colonies they should be particular concerned about?

I didn't even know we had colonies. 

If they are handing them out, we'd like Florida and Costa Rica. Thanks.

Wasn't there some suggestion at the time of the creation of canada that it should include all british territories in the americas including carribean territories like Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana.

Not sure, but at the time of its creation Canada didn't include a lot of modern Canada.  IIRC, it was just the southern parts of Ontario and Quebec, plus the maritime provinces less Newfoundland.  The prarie province and B.C. were added fairly quickly, but they didn't get the Arctic areas until shortly before WWI, and Newfoundland wasn't added until 1949.

[Neil]

The Northwest Territories and Rupert's Land were transfered from the Hudson's Bay Company to Canada in 1870, 3 years after confederation.  The northern islands were directly controlled by the UK until 1880.

[crazy canuck]

I heard Alan Goltlieb interviewed this evening about the issue.  I thought he summed it up pretty well - "tempest in a teapot"

[viper37]

Wasn't there some suggestion at the time of the creation of canada that it should include all british territories in the americas including carribean territories like Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana.

there has often been suggestions that Quebec or Canada (depending on who's suggesting it) buy some tropical island.  Last time, I think it was Turk&Caicos, suggested by a Liberal MP (Federal), but a PQ MP has once suggested, a long, long time ago (end of 70s, early 80s) that we buy our own island once Quebec secede from Canada.

[Neil]

If Quebec secedes, I rather doubt they'll be buying much of anything.

[viper37]

If Quebec secedes, I rather doubt they'll be buying much of anything.

This was thought in a time when debt didn't matter, governments spent on anything & everything like there was no tomorrow.  Of course, no one is suggesting this now.  Well, not unless it involves redefining what is "rich" and finding new ways to tax them to death.

[Josquius]

As shielbh says there are already talks about doing this with Australia and NZ too.

"This is a dumb idea. There are many parts of the world where it's best not to be identified with Britain, such as in the Caribbean and Africa where Britain was a colonial power,"

This is an amazingly ignorant quote. There's not many ex-colonies out there where the masses regard Britain badly because of the empire. Britain tends to have pretty good relations with most commonwealth countries.

The truly dodgy thing about this move isn't from the Canadian side but the British side. It really shows the tories being very traditionally tory, boosting the white commonwealth and trying to distance themself from the EU.

[Neil]

If Quebec secedes, I rather doubt they'll be buying much of anything.

This was thought in a time when debt didn't matter, governments spent on anything & everything like there was no tomorrow.  Of course, no one is suggesting this now.  Well, not unless it involves redefining what is "rich" and finding new ways to tax them to death.

Yeah, a 60% top rate isn't going to endear Quebec to a lot of high earners, and if I were a doctor, the 55% rate would have me getting the fuck out of dodge.

[Eddie Teach]

What are capital gains tax rates like in Quebec?